Journey of Words

Tag: Loss

  • on light

    At arrival and departureThe light shines brightestIn the low sun of autumnWe squint for detailsBetween day and nightSeek beauty in decayBlinded by reflectionsDazzled by piercing shaftsThis is not the endYet darkness is comingAnd we must ready ourselves~ CLP 11/09/2024 →

  • on Ukraine

    So it came to passBombs fell on Russia’s peopleMasters of War enriched ~ n.b. Whatever the principles, innocent people, going about their daily chores, are killed at random. More war means more profit for arms manufacturers worldwide and more war means more grieving for those lost in its machinery. Who wins? Follow the money, if →

  • on Ukraine

    gathering placesare targets for crueltyline up your dead men~n.b. A military parade, of all things. What were the military leaders thinking when they organised this ceremonial event for their precious troops? A new Spion Kop moment, a ‘free hit’ for the ultra-sonic bombardiers of Moscow. CLP 05/09/2024 →

  • On Nagasaki

    Do not forget thisthriving city foreverscarred in but a flash~n.b. And on the Third Day after Hiroshima, someone thought Nagasaki should be razed to the ground too. Who? Why? Really? Were two A-bombs really necessary?In history, the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on 9th August 1945, is barely mentioned, yet it suffered the full horror of →

  • forsooth

    we know of absencehow imagination workson our fickle heartsof contemptibledangers from knowing too wellthe ever-presentof enticements feltfrom across the running brookfound in fresh pastureof the rolling stoneunable to gather mosson how many roadsof the empty shelfbar the yet unread volumethat can’t read itselfof uneven pathswhere getting lost is betterthan reverting to dust~ CLP 02/08/2024 →

  • on time

    looking back calmlythere were points of divergencewe missed earlier~n.b. Risks, or opportunities, taken, or not. CLP 30/07/2024 →

  • on dancing

    veils or boundariesor is it the barricades?plain rules will be broke ~ CLP 13/07/2024 →

  • on time

    minutes take up hourswhen sleep turns her back on youhours pass in minutestoo soon comes the dawn ~ CLP 13/07/2024 →

  • on Ukraine

    whatever might endall these murderous actionsprayers aren’t the answer ~ n.b. The descent from common decency seems complete. Bombing the children’s hospital in Kyiv confirms Moscow’s depravity. CLP 09/07/2024 →

  • on Ukraine

    waves of men sent outa thousand per day slaughtered Moscow’s heroics ~ n.b. Latest news from the front, that Russia’s military leaders are cynically despatching infantry to fight their war, despite extremely heavy losses, (estimated at 31,000 in May 2024, according to a NY Times report today), beggars belief. The men in Moscow forget that →