Here is my annual poem for Remembrance Day. It is not my usual tone for this day, but it is how I'm feeling this year. Photo by aakash gupta on Pexels.com How We Honour The Dead Lest we forget Words spoken to stirdisquieting memoriesto warn of horrorsto honour the fallenYet… We have forgotten Blossomed the... Continue Reading →
Here is my annual poem for Remembrance Day. Image by Ina Hoekstra from Pixabay The Path Forgotten After the gentle rainalong the petrichor earthyou wanderAgainst the beaten sunrising past the mountain,on the winding trailyou find your wayFootsteps ringin time with the windNature's chimesthat sing in your heartYou wishedfor one last lookthat never came,before you walkedthe long road homeAmongst... Continue Reading →
Row on Row Names etched in stone, permanent ghosts of war Their silenced voices wreathed in red poppies and dried tears The cold winds blow mourning across haunting footsteps Trace your fingers against names etched in stone The past is buried here, in blaring echoes and booming guns Fallen remnants and remains; permanent ghosts of... Continue Reading →
Heroes Dream of faraway mountains wild and warriors, whose hearts beat sound, the sweet laugh of a grateful child. Remember not the bloody ground or your lifeless friends that surround. The ghost of years, went by too fast, embrace these memories unwound. Lost in the echoes of the past The face of that girl who... Continue Reading →
Be Afraid of the Dark 