Following my separation time passed. I kept myself busy but others watching me were worried. I was not to know that until one day, a woman who had been watching started talking to me. We went for a cup of coffee then a drink at a bar. During our conversation, she told me to keep my chin up. Then she said, "Just don't you quit." It was her way of telling me that those around me were watching and were worried. I went home l...

At Sunset. The evening’s velvet darkening hue we sit and watch both me and you And as the sun it slowly sinks we watch it change the darkening pinks And as the night creeps slowly on It steals the light from the sinking sun The birds made their very last call As they nestle in the trees so tall I sip my brandy tasting sweet And wipe my sweat from the stifling heat How great it is to live this life With the one I love, my...

The Report This is the third poem in the series of 3 and has been written from the perspective of the parents of the young man who sort justice on his behalf. We wrote to police headquarters and we told the bloody lot How many police were crooked and we told about the ‘shop’ We told the names of witnesses we talked about our son We said that we were worried if something wasn’t done. They came down from police headquarters...

As the reader may see from my prior posts, I went through a separation and a divorce. It was a shock to me so I tried to understand why. But each time I looked for an explanation I ran into a brick wall and even statements such as, "what did you do for that to happen?" I sought counselling where the counsellor said, "Stop feeling guilty. it won't help." I didn't feel guilty. I hadn't done anything to feel guilty about. I...

My previous poem, One To Four For Naught is a poem written following a marriage break-up. But life goes on and in time I met another woman. It was time to start a new life. This poem is written on what I would say to my ex when I realised that there is more to life than the past. Life can be better and it is. It’s time to let go and it’s important you know That it'll be okay in the end for the rest of this life I wish you...

Introduction: The background to this is that after twenty years together with my partner I returned home one day after being away for a week on business to find an empty house. My partner of two decades had left without warning. The first three paragraphs I wrote at the time. I started writing it sitting at the local beach watching the waves then late in the evening I returned back to the house. Several months later I sat...

Even though the youth who did the damage admitted to his crime, the situation was that supporters of the youth charged sought justice and obtained legal advice. The police hounded the youth night and day after that. The same young man but wiser now He’s found his place for sure Police hound him day and night In case he does some more Damage like he did not do Or perhaps a little worse We must protect society Against this...

Some years ago where I lived a young man was charged with causing damage. The background is that everybody present at the time said that he was not the culprit. Because all the other youths left the scene, he was arrested. He was then told that if he didn't give up who did it he would be held responsible. The policeman yelled, “You’ve had it son.” The young man stood his ground He had no cause to turn and run He’d simply...

As I sit here thinking I hear the rain fall down So gently on the rooftop There’s music in that sound I think of all the people That I’ve known throughout the years I hear their voices calling As I try to hold back tears I think of little Jessie With her brightly coloured bike And the struggle that her parents had To teach the little mite They had no chance to teach her Through the private schools those days Because of Je...