On this night The twenty first Of October every year We raise a glass on high Toasting a victory at sea In the year eighteen-o-five Two hundred and sixteen years ago At Trafalgar two fleets did meet Those implacable foe Who the RN did defeat The French and Spanish fleet A thousand men on Victory…Read more »

The world will go on long after I am gone The sun will shine the moon will rise There should be no sad tearful eyes It is the way things should be It is the way I want them to be No grief or sad sorrowful moods Just say “that’s it” and on life moves…Read more »

Taking time off – To escape from it all No media bleating – “It’s the end for us all” Turning the phone off, IPad aswell To the techie of course – This would be hell No lists to follow, No tweets to send This is true bliss, Hoping it never ends

I’m chasing the dragon Where will it end I’ve sacrificed my soul I’ve stolen from those My family and friends For my fix to get high To just feel alive The dragon is in me I’m sure I can fly They’ve sent me to prison I’ve suffered and cried  I have to keep on going…Read more »

The word describes the feeling Loneliness is feeling alone It doesn’t mean being isolated Or being on your own It is the sad reality That everyone should know That though it isn’t spoken aloud Loneliness is not too far away You can be lonely when in a crowd

The journey through a life Will bring sadness and great joy Will bring with it much happiness Will bring with it much strife An exciting daily journey A journey well worth travelling Is the journey we call life

When you are very young Old age starts at forty five The wrinkles start showing The waist won’t stop growing And the hairline slides on by As the waistline starts to thicken The shoulders start to droop By the time you reach sixty five The gait becomes much slower The body assumes a stoop The…Read more »

A serene ageless meadow Ravaged by the guns of war Nature torn asunder By mans inhumanity to man Fields of green turned to mud All in the name of mankind’s lust A lust for power, a lust for blood All done they claim, in the name of god Yet from this mud torn scene of…Read more »

Peace we seek throughout our lives For peace there has to be compromise Politicians fail, nations go to war Brave people bleed and die Because the weak refuse to realise It takes great courage to compromise It may be hard, not an easy ride To try to understand the other side But for the sake…Read more »

We used to walk the streets Our faces bare facing the sun We used to enter buildings No security checks for guns We used to wander round the town No fear of ever being struck down We used to enjoy freedom From constant fear and doubt We used to greet strangers As future friends not…Read more »