Fear
Attack the darkness, attack the fear
Allow goodness to grow
The mind to clear
Attack the emptiness, let the embers glow
Bring faith to the fore, it’s time for us to show
Show that we’re willing to stand up tall
Show that we’ll try even if we fall
Fall for a cause not by the wayside
Time to run, to charge at the fear
To know we’ve lived life to its cinder
Tuesday 5th July 2022 9:11 pm
Darkness
I like the dark
For what it brings
I like the dark
To stretch my wings
Slipping out of dusk into inks thick black
A cloak flung over life’s dullness
To swipe away all sadness
A clean slate to chalk up more living
Earths slow wink to set us spinning
To say it’s time for those who know
Know the magic of a push not a flow
Time to race, not delay
Night is ours, so l...
Monday 4th July 2022 9:12 pm
Water
Where water flows, I never know
From a creek that creeks and shrieks
From an ocean that looms and booms
Wild Water for me now
Chlorine free and me free
Cold shores, freezing rain, yes it’s me again
Spring emerging, sun arising, shivers declining
Monday 4th July 2022 8:54 pm
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