When the pen takes control.

Down below these planks of wood

cowers a girl who prays she could

break the bonds that hold her tight,

between each plank a chink of light

she above her head can clearly see

that holds the promise to be free,

though thoughts of death may still be near,

thus gently acting to salve her fear

although no matter how bad this may seem

when she awakes will find ‘‘twas just a dream.”

Focus on the king

but the queen holds the power

part of life’s great game

We went down to the woods today and got a big surprise

looking up into the trees we could hardly believe our eyes

for on every branch on every tree

was hanging a piece of crockery

so it seemed we had to assume

that as this is a familiar tune

the teddy bears would be having a picnic.

Nature can survive

when given a little space

shared Earth and future

I knew it was too good to be true. With rising concern for the damage to the planet from fossil fuels I bit the bullet and bought my first electric car. Of course they had always seemed to me to be too expensive but this time it looked like a good deal. The batteries would be charged using solar power, basically free. Of course the downside, which the advertisers didn’t mention was, come sunset and the car is either safely tucked up in the garage or like me, patiently sitting at the side of the road till a new day comes.

Sands in time cover

each new path through the desert

the winds of change blow.

It’s difficult to imagine a supposedly civilised nation, can, as far as we can tell, without provocation with shells and missiles seek to cow and bully a population of children and the elderly then suffer the frustration of being denied, despite overwhelming power, the elation that is felt by even the most deluded of dictators who believe that conquest is their vocation