Family

I chose my family carefully.Not because of some ascribed bloodline that I had no say in.I chose them, as they chose me, because we care about each other.Nothing so disingenuous as love.We have seen ourselves and each other.At our best.Our…

A pale horse

Defining Spirituality. This rather nebulous term can be defined as methods for overcoming ‘the inevitable suffering of existence’. Suffering seems unavoidable – we can try as much as we like, but death, disease, wanting (famine) and violence (war) await us…

A bit of Magic

We all like magicBut, Sylvesters show was tragicWhen he tried to make his sister disappearThere were many loud bangsBright lights, and several clangsAnd all they ever foundWas his left shoe and her right ear. PJ.© 2024

Taste the Nectar

The breath of learned scholars wash over the youngAs they sit in rows, on seats of wisdom,Transfixed with ideologies of their teachers,Strangled in their youth, as creeping bindweed kills a delicate flower.Our existence is, but a speck of time, our…

The Find

The oasis at the foot of the mountain was a welcome sight to the hundreds of people gathering there. The lush vegetation of the ferns and splendid palms gently swayed in the light breeze and the cool water was invitingly…

Fallen Angel

There – my work complete. I will be forgiven and the Master will take me back. See how the moon’s pale glow falls onto your wings? How wonderfully translucent is the indigo of the night sky, as it hangs between…

Names

We give names to almost everything we see, hear, touch and feel. We also change them into what we call Pet Names, why, I really don’t know. Perhaps it is our nature to label things. Maybe it gives colour to…

Forbidden Playground

The smell of the mud along the banks of the Vulcan Brook should have been warning enough: not to play there. Our mothers threatened the severest of beatings if we should be caught wandering near to it – let alone…

Nemesis

Nemesis ‘All that I am saying is I want you out of my life – forever.’ ‘Oh, I see.’ ‘Ahh – No, no, no, no. I don’t believe you. That’s your problem, you never, ever see. You have always lived…

Black Cloak

I’ve fallen out of favour.I don’t know what to do.My overlords of high esteem.Have left me all a-blue. I tried my best, I really did.Despite the vague instruction.I manned the trench, whilst others fell.And witnessed their destruction. “Healer-priest thy role…