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I have some money
It serves some needs
But it won’t, set, me free
I dream of the future
I still have some fears
I still have some chains, that pull, at meI can’t change much
But I can change me
And I can’t do much
But I, can, be freeI built a house
I wanted to feel safe
It’s what the world, sees, of me
Now I’m opening my doors
I wanna let some light in
And maybe I’ll see, more, clearlyI can’t change much
But I can change me
And I can’t do much
But I, can, be free
Now and Then
Now and then
I slow down…
I feel the earth turn,
Our planet sighSun on my face
Birds sing
Breeze in the trees
Then a butterflySoulful music
I breathe…
In the moment
I escape outside
To Those Who Live Now
To those who have accepted their fate
To those who live with grace
To those who do not follow
But take their own pathTo those who live now
To those who laugh long
To those who love all
May they incur no wrath
Will You Remember?
I heard that they clapped, the people in the streets
There were so many, none of them I would meet
I wondered then, how much do they really know?As we fought on the frontline, this new enemy
We were frightened and lonely because we couldn’t see
There was so much then that we didn’t know.There was not enough testing, not enough PPE
That’s why her apology seemed insulting to me
We need honest support & not a political showWe live in the moment, we live to fight on
We give all we’ve got, to save someone
We’ve no time to think, Are we going to go?We serve each other, more connected than we thought
We depend on each other, more equal than we thought
But will you remember that when this is all oe’rLockdown saves lives but at what a cost
The damage to the economy and all the jobs lost
Who will reap that which we now sow?They started too late, they went their own way
They lost time but its not what they’ll say
But questions mount as deaths continue to growWe live in the moment, we live to fight on
We give all we’ve got, to save someone
We’ve no time to think, Are we going to go?We serve each other, more connected than we thought
We depend on each other, more equal than we thought
But will you remember that when this is all oe’r
Hero
I hear the word hero
I think nobility
Some great achievement
And courage I seeBut is hero a tool
Within the culture we grow
To reap from others
More than we sowDo heroes give to others
More than they receive?
While such a calculation
Is bad most believe.So is a medal and praise
Reward enough?
While others live it well
And heroes live it roughIn our selfish culture
Surely all will soon see
To be a hero for others
Could be a mug for me
Non Serviam
“Nobody gives it to ya,
Ya gotta take it”
That’s the ‘law’
That’s how you make itAnd they took too much
With cruelty and the gun
Then with inheritance
And with organisationI had no monopoly
Or old money to fire
I’d only innovation
And a work ethic for hire
Inexorably
I know it’s in the distance
Where the earth meets the sky
Sometimes I glimpse it
In the corner of my eyeAnd so I distract myself
With everyday things
With learning & entertainment
With words and with stringsStill, inexorably I’m pulled
Into the wilderness
To the twisted shapes moving
I see the twilight confessAnd yet on the journey
When I hold your hand
Something somehow changes
I feel a meaning I understand
Remember to Breathe
Life is unknowable
Like a Zen Garden grows
Life is unknowable
It comes, and it goes
The Way’s much more
Than the End achieves
I know the Cherry Blossom
It flowers, and then leavesI must remember
I must remember to breathe.
I must remember
I must remember to breathe
To avoid those, who will deceive
To work on, what I believe
To give more, than I receive
And remember, remember to breathe
I’d Nearly Died
I was slowing down
I slept at wrong times
I forgot many things
I forgot my lines
And then I awoke
With you by my side
And a blinking blue light
…I’d nearly diedI remember being wet
They cut my pants off
I faded in and out
Many hours were lost
In my head was something
It was growing inside
My behaviour changed
…I’d nearly diedFrom friends and family
A love I didn’t expect
I ordered my affairs
For what might come next
I was glad to wake up
I shivered on the slide
I’d bled too much
…I’d nearly diedThen came steroids
Not much sleep at all
But very dark dreams
I passed out in a fall
The hospital staff
Helped as I tried
As I recovered slowly
…I’d nearly diedToo much to say
Too intense and raw
Over days and months
I struggled with it all
But you were there
You held me when I cried
As you struggled to cope
Cos I’d nearly died
We are not Alone
I don’t like it much
The destruction, the division and the deceit
But does that make me
One of the Liberal Elite?I don’t like it much
All the insults & the lack of respect
But does that make me
Too Politically Correct?I don’t like it much
The noise all around
All the ignorance and the lies
But empty vessels make most soundThere’s never enough time under the sun
We all leave this place with much undone
With visceral feelings of roads not taken
But we’re not alone and we’re not forsakenLo, There do I see my Father
Lo, There do I see my Mother
And My Sisters and my Brothers
Lo, There do I see the line
Of my people back in time
Lo, They do they call to me
To take my place in the halls of Eternity
Where our enemies have been vanquished
Where the brave shall live forever
Where the truth shall reign
Where there’s beauty and no pain
Where we shall not mourn but rejoice
For we have lived a good life.I’ve squandered my days with plans of many things
And I did not plan for this, but now I vow to live it well
For all that I ought to have thought, and have not thought;
For all that I ought to have said, and have not said;
For all that I ought to have done, and have not done;
I ask for forgiveness.
