The Third Coming?
One to the east
And one to the west
The world spins
On some new quest
Things fall apart
The centre can’t holdAmerica is lost
Broken in two
Republican selfishness
Breaking anew
Things fall apart
The centre can’t holdChina arises
From its slumber
Values are questionable
But can’t ignore numbers
Things fall apart
The centre can’t holdEurope straining
Between two poles
Holding centre values
Taking its toll
Things fall apart
The centre can’t holdBritain a wrecking ball
Breaking away
A barking dog following
Republican America
Things fall apart
The centre can’t hold100 years ago
Similar words were said
As wars ravaged
And many were dead
Are we turning into
New conflicts to behold
Things fall apart
The centre can’t hold
Maintain
Maintain…
Mental Health
Physical Health
Financial Health
Relationships
Home
Relationships
Financial Health
Physical Health
Mental Health
Maintain…
Boundaries
There appears to be
No clear right or wrong
There is weak
& there is strongThere appears to be
No agreed perspective
Only effective
And ineffectiveSome use the law
Or some wise insight
Some have to break things
To relearn it’s not rightAnd so boundaries
Are pushed on until
Another pushes back
With strength and willAnd so lessons are learned
An agreed perspective
Over what is effective
And ineffective
Colonialism
How did you justify
Stealing and killing
From those who own
But are unwilling?You used religion
And science to say
They are below you
In made up waysAnd now you use arrogance
And discrimination
To control equals or betters
Even in the same nationJokes are used
Hurtfully…
To hide behind
Insidiously…And statues are used
To glorify the pillage
They poison the nation
& weaken it with spillageThe spawn of public schools
Like Eton & Harrow
Brutal and shameless
Monsters of sorrowBut inherited wealth
Can’t be repeated
Change must come, cos
The future can’t be cheatedThe past can hold back
Or help evolve to find
New ways that include
New ties that bind
Steps
I wonder what it means
Day after day
What I do now
Day after dayI’ve no real plan
Step after step
Moving forward
Step after stepSlowly a form arises
From the steps
The mist of meaning
From the steps
Values 2
You must value me
To want to spend time
We take our turn
To give in rhymeMultiple transactions
Part of our interaction
And the credit we create
Builds the attractionWe rise some days
And others we fall
We give when we rise
We try owning our fallIf we value each other
And love enough
We can help each other
When the going gets tough
Values
Like you I serve
My selfish needs
But our different values
Sow different seedsIs climate change
Valued by you?
Or is it too long term
Too indirect for you?Is a short term fix
More what you choose?
A zero sum game
You win…we loseDifferent values
Could serve for good
But the future looks darker
Maybe more than it shouldNow I’m grateful when
On the road I find
Those who are giving
Those who are kind
Wriggling
They have no shame
Because they are taught to be so
Fair play is for the many
A controlling showThey have no boundaries
No rules they follow
Under their act
Inside they are hollow.Norms and convention
Are no shackles for them
Decency and humanity
They abuse againHolding power is all
Using any culture war
They keep friends near
And others farThey hide in plain sight
They are a rich elite
They blame others
To distract from this deceit
Spring
There’s a fall
In democracy
There’s a rise
In autocracy
I look to the future
But it’s closed to meWe’ve grown
To 8 Billion strong
Doubled in 50 years
That’s not long
I grew in that time
But I’m only oneRelatively it’s been
A season of creation
A spring after winter
Such co-operation
But this can change
Winter lurks in rotation
The Ocean and the Sea
I’m not doing this for them
No it’s to explore
To find my place
In this world a bit moreI’m not doing this for them
No it’s to explore
Who I am
In this world a bit moreThe world is so full
It’s a noisy place
I know I don’t add much
In this human raceI’m just a drop
In the big ocean blue
But you’re a sea for me
And I for you
