What it Means to be British

John Curry The British are often seen as apologetic losers, too modest to win anything. Accepting defeat too easily. You only have to look at both our top football teams to know how good we are at crumbling when the going gets close to success. I’m not knocking them, I’m the same. I don’t haveContinueContinue reading “What it Means to be British”

You and I

You and I May be different colours But we’re human We may worship different gods But we’re human We may believe different things But we’re human We may be different genders But we’re human We love our children We love our parents We love our family And our friends Our pets We love our lovesContinueContinue reading “You and I”

A Cause

If you had a million dollars to give away, who would you give it to? I would invest it in social housing in this country. By invest I don’t mean for profit, I would invest in lives. It would be a drop in the ocean, but why help one person when you can help many.ContinueContinue reading “A Cause”

Small Big Things

My life has come down to small things I once dreamed of big things But now inconsequential things Make me happy And yet they are the bigger things The real things Do I feel good? What fun can I have today? The dreams that disappeared On the path of survival Don’t matter Because they wereContinueContinue reading “Small Big Things”

All

What is everything to you?Photo by Vlada Karpovich on Pexels.com This is the anchor poem of the ‘All’ series. AllIs everythingIt is the beginning and the endThe Alpha and the OmegaThe I wishI hopeI wonderAnd I amIf you want everythingYou must be allAnd if you want to be allYou must be everythingYou must not feelContinueContinue reading “All”

All the Dreams We Cannot Have

And don’t aim to dance among the stars – aim for the whole shebang! You dreamed and you forgotOr someone told you You couldn’t have itSo you didn’tYou came to this worldInnocent and full of hopeWhich you lostBecause someone else Had already lost their hopePeople talk life downThis and that and all the other can’tContinueContinue reading “All the Dreams We Cannot Have”