Journey of Words

Tag: Life

  • on love

    this restaurant sat emptywith fresh roses on tablessomething not quite rightwhere are all the couples?is this indicativeof the state of the nationdivided, unhappyrecession, inflation?there’s talk of threatsan under-manned armywho will defend us when we’vebroken ships in the navy?do young couples prefer dogsat the age we had babiesis enduring teething toddlersthought worse than risk of rabies?was →

  • on uncertainty

    one thing is certainwe’ll never know what’s cominguntil it arrives ~ n.b. Apologies for such an apparently trite post. Just wanting to mark the realisation that we all have to learn how to manage with the the certainty of uncertainty, which is why we have astrology, religions and the gambling industry, I suppose. C’est la →

  • on clarity

    against stark backgroundwithout distractions’ hindrencedoubt clears in a flash ~ CLP 12/02/24 →

  • on life

    when shorn of pretencebared limbs exposed to sunlightwhat is it lies beneath? ~ CLP 12/02/2024 →

  • on calm

    there is nothing morefor us to say, for this iswhat life has taught us ~ CLP 10/02/2024 →

  • on choices

    options still existwindows let in light, doors shutbehind you, walk on ~ CLP 10/02/2024 →

  • on sleep

    you lay yourself downat last, let go of yourselffed, warm, safe, you rest~ CLP 09/02/2024 →

  • On Ukraine

    British army mustquadruple in size to repelRussia military……say Chiefs.~n.b. That won’t be happening without immigration, or conscription, or a very old army when current demographics are looked at in detail. CLP 02/02/2024 →

  • on time

    last hours here for nowmemories scattered like starshappiness in the soil ~ CLP 17/01/2024 →

  • Night Clouds

    after a while close to zerofeels warm, if shelteredfrom the north-easterlythat dragged the sheetof last night’s altostratusbetween us and the starsstretched the cloudsinto grotesque shapesghosts of memorieswringing out the final frissonbefore sleep took us ~ CLP 11/01/2024 →