Don’t Tell Me Don’t tell me this is normal. Don’t tell me this is okay. Don’t tell me not to bother looking. Don’t tell me to look away. Don’t tell me floods have happened Since Noah and the Ark, That Mother Nature is to blame, Not the greed and the growing dark, Threatening All ofContinue reading “Don’t Tell Me”
Tag Archives: ClimateJustice
THEM
THEM The richest conspire,To make the masses desireAnd endlessly aspire,To be moreLike them. To have and to hold,Not love, but more goldAnd to do what we’re told,To amass more,For them. To ignore all the blowsAs inequality growsAnd though all the world knows,Never find fault,With them. To look down on the poorAs despicable and impure,Who wereContinue reading “THEM”
Smoke Gets In Your Skies
Smoke Gets In Your Skies They asked us how we knewOur view point was true?We of course replied,Science is on our side,It cannot be denied. We said some day you’ll find,Though greed can make you blind,When our Earth’s on fire,You will realise:Smoke gets in your skies. So they fracked us and they gaily laughed,To think weContinue reading “Smoke Gets In Your Skies”
WAR AND PEACE
Wars between nationsLeave behind gravesAnd traumatised patients,Who suffer cycles of abuseThat go on for generations.The powers that be never seeOr feel, the jack bootKick,Or the crushing heel,Or the torture conductedBehind bars of steel,As mothers and their children payThe price,In blood and grief,With every slice of the knivesThat carve their nationsAnd their lives,While they prayAnd theyContinue reading “WAR AND PEACE”
A Birthday Present
It was my 11 year old nephew’s birthday recently and as a special birthday treat he asked to spend it with us, which was such an honour, such a pleasure and such a treat for us too. He and his little sister were duly brought over after his birthday lunch and by request his birthdayContinue reading “A Birthday Present”
Scribblings of a Petal Rebel 