Close The Door (on the way out)

What gave you the right to judge me?
Dismissive, unjustified, non-constructive nonsense
Stuffing suffocating rules into rigid boxes
Dogmatic and elitist

Your gleaming ivory towers require privileged membership
I may apply when my soul is dead
When my empathy and warmth are driven out

I don't live in your pretentious parish
A cold dictatorship
Harsh, unfriendly, unyielding

All arts require freedom
Individual expression
I've vanquished your shadow of doubt
Close the door on the way out

 

Folly of Warring

Silence is silver when tranquility is golden
A meadow, birdsong, wild flowers untamed
At one with nature, no need to count further
Green is the colour of calm, it's claimed

A primal need to escape the turmoil
A tidal wave of humanity drowning the town
Feral and fervent, noise and pollution
The once swathes of green decaying to brown

They mill and spill with the will to kill
Survival of the fittest, pushing and shoving
We never evolved to live this way
Where is the empathy, caring and loving?

The world I grew up in has gone forever
I'm no hippy but I do crave peace
Will there ever be a time in mankind's time
When the folly of warring will cease?

She Said, He Said

She said,"When I was 8, I hated your hair"
He said, "When I was 9, I stuck gum on your chair"
She said,"When I was 10, you looked like a scarecrow"
He said, "When I was 11, I meant to stand on your toe"
She said,"When I was 12, I had a crush on your mate"
He said,"When I was 13, I asked you out on a date"
She said,"When I was 14, I thought I loved you"
He said,"When I was 15, I knew I loved you"
She said,"When I was 16, you thought you were a man"
He said,"When I was 17, I was your biggest fan"
She said,"When I was 18, you were always drunk"
He said,"When I was 19, our love was sunk"
She said,"When I was 20, you re-floated your boat"
He said,"When I was 21, you wrote me a note"
She said,"When I was 22, you treated me like dirt"
He said, When I was 23, you turned into a flirt"
She said, "When I was 25 I heard you'd got married"
He said,"When I was 25 my feelings were buried"
She said,"When I was 40, my marriage had ended"
He said, "When I was 40 my heart was mended"
She said,"When I was 50 I still missed your smile"
He said,"When I was 60, I held your hand for a while"
She said, "Now we're married, tell me what I wrote at 21"
"We were born to be soul mates until we're gone", it said

Are you true to yourself?

I'd rather hear a bird sing than a dog bark
do you see the light or watch the dark?

I'd rather feel fresh air than a desk-top fan
do you want to run a race not already ran?

I'd rather read your face than see your e-mail
do you wish your best laid plans didn't fail?

I'd rather be a happy loser than a winning sinner
do you prefer a restaurant to a TV dinner?

I'd rather smell the flowers than a burning barbecue
are your funds empty when bills are over-due?

I'd rather make a positive difference with everything I've got
are you true to yourself or someone you're not?

If I Was A Sonneteer

If your tears are lost in relentless rain
If your face belies your hidden pain
If you feel empty with nothing to gain
If your energy's sapped by ongoing strain

If your life's on hold and stuck like glue
If you're looking for answers but can't find a clue
If the traffic light's red and you're feeling blue
If you think a lie could really be true

If the grass looks greener on the other side
If you spend sleepless nights with eyes open wide
If you're always swimming against the tide
If you saw a feel-good film and then you cried

We all pass through lows to reach our highs
Above all cloud-filled days are clear blue skies

Because of You

Because of you I look within me
To find what is or should never be
To see every colour of the rainbow
To know just how far to go

Because of you I learn to be patient
To notice flowers when they're nascent
To ignore wrongs and celebrate rights
To live peaceful days and restful nights

Because of you I grow in confidence
To be thankful for recompense
To seek redeeming features in all
To help the stricken when they fall

Because of you I feel complete
To take a stand on my own two feet
To make a positive difference with everything I've got
To be myself, not something I'm not

Poets Anonymous

I visited insomniacs anonymous
But fell asleep during roll call
I thought I had "short-man" syndrome
But found I was too tall

I asked a bird to sing me a song
The feathered fiend tweeted my request
It said it disliked my flat feet
But loved my #pigeonchest

I took the low road to the high street
But missed the busker with spoons
I then found a fork in the road
Dropped by cutlery-selling goons

These words are getting sillier
But one must keep on smiling
Poets anonymous have stopped taking my calls
But it'll never stop me dialing

When The World Screams

When the world screams hear it's pain
When drought brings famine let it rain
When loved ones cry dry their tears
When friends are anxious placate their fears
When danger is ahead learn when to stay
When the night falls learn from the day
When the sun rises feel it's glow
When life speeds around you take it slow
When flowers bloom smell their scent
When love takes a holiday find where it went
When nothing makes sense don't try to understand
When you're all at sea you'll find dry land

Embrace The Moment

Embrace the moment
Don't be a clone
Take a look at the world
Without your phone

Embrace the moment
Step aside the rat race
Live your life in 3D
Feel the breeze on your face

Embrace the moment
Feel the passion
Don't be a victim
Of a passing fashion

Embrace the moment
It may never return
Close the laptop
Try new ways to learn

Embrace the moment
Try living your dream
Don't let your river
Become a stream

Embrace the moment
Hear the bell toll
Enrich your life
Nourish your soul

Alliteration Obliteration

Bungee jumping adrenaline junkies
Mingling, clinging, funky monkeys
Random tandems are bikes made for three
Southerners eat dinner, Northerners eat tea

Fighting, biting knights in tights
Weirdy, beardy unsightly sights
Hopping, flopping blue kangaroos
Tuneless didgeridon'ts, tuneful didgeridoos

Seeding and weeding, sowing and mowing
Strimming and trimming, coming and going
Bamboo shoots, kiwi fruits, pomegranates and kumquats
English, Irish, Welsh and Scots

Wig-wearing llamas in woolly pyjamas
Obama drama set in the Bahamas
Obstinate, oblivious, obligatory obliteration
Seizing, teasing, alliteration obliteration