Prose for Spring

The days linger longer now
And the extra light is optimistic
Buds and new grass dare to show
And the chills of winter leave.

The seasons' cycle moves the warmth
Of spring and summer nearer
And the power of renewal shines out
And there's purpose in our stride.

Cold times do have a meaning for us
For our lives need the balance
Of greens and blues in sunshine
So we can revel in the difference.

Milestones

A birth under bright lights
with unsteady steps to come.
Large new eyes view new sights
while safely held by mum.

A deep breath - and into school
an old hand by the end of the day.
You pay attention or play the fool
make friends and you are on the way.

A first kiss that glows in your soul
with troubled emotions burning.
Lifelong loving is now your goal
and marriage stems the yearning.

Then come child and maybe child
and you find a different sort of love.
The point of being now reconciled
and possibly there is a God above.

Now, your lover and brood have gone,
alone, you brace your mind
to where you were heading all along
and when there, what you will find.

At each step in life we must be willing
to learn what to take, leave, or share.
Probably on balance life's been fulfilling
and the journey worth the fare?

December 2004

Deceptions

Greedy London getting fatter
Europe poised to steal our funds
Does our sovereignty really matter
Why not join the moribunds?

Carefully crafted 'green' platforms
Painted with selective facts
Don't let balance spoil the picture
Shout louder if a view detracts.

High placed men of God
Protect the dogs of shame
Who abuse and wound our babies
And Sunday still play the game.

Town and country planners
Making decisions at a bar
Permitting more carbuncles
And we don't know who you are.

What of honest policemen
Who tell of what they know
And watch corrupt superiors
Distorting with the flow.

Within our democracy
We are asked to trust
That good will show out always
And we endure because we must.

But small men and women
Who try to tell the truth
Are but small slates upon
Our societies leaking roof.