Why?

Why do I keep fighting back?Using this puny voice in a world gone mad.Saying good things over and over againto a world so damaged that the existenceof goodness has become hard to credit.Believers believe despite all evidenceto the contrary.We also believe and we know that our evidence is worth believing in.Innocents and animals deserve safetyContinueContinue reading “Why?”

D-Day 2024

Love and respect for all At a time when the world is watching to see what happens next. How does the current world situation make any sense? We have the lessons of history. There is a massive war. Someone wins. Twenty years later we’re all trading together again as if nothing happened. Why can’t weContinueContinue reading “D-Day 2024”

The Common Good

One race What is the common good?We are all uniqueDifferent backgroundsDifferent ideasDifferent worldsWe don’t speak the same languageWorship the same GodLive the same liveswith the same trappingsBelieve the same thingsOur homes are differentWe are nomads at home where we areLive ‘civilised’ livesIn crammed stacksMaybe in the skyWhere the building sways in the windWe live inContinueContinue reading “The Common Good”

Eventide

When evening sweeps down from the skyAnd the world goes silentI can hear the souls of the children screamingBegging for a life of peaceAn end to warEnough food and waterTheir parents and siblings beside themIf we cannot hear the souls of the childrenWe cannot hear the voices of the innocentWe can shut our minds toContinueContinue reading “Eventide”