Category Archives: Prose With Pretensions
Not To Offend: Shadorma
NOT TO OFFEND
A writer
Learns over the years
When someone
Says it’s “deep”
It’s “incomprehensible”
(They’re being polite)
End Of The Line
END OF THE LINE
Caution for hopes may easily
Expand themselves interminably
And without astute management
Arrive at that terminal station
Known as disappointment
A Gift From Heaven
A GIFT FROM HEAVEN
Walking
With loved ones
Or close friends
And talking
Sometimes you don’t
Need anything more
Beautiful surroundings
An added bonus
A gift from Heaven
It’s The Wine Talking
IT’S THE WINE TALKING
The scum rises to the top
The dregs sink to the bottom
I’d point this out more pointedly
But my mum always said
It’s rude to stir (or point)
She also said
There are three things you should never discuss
Politics, sex and religion
Unfortunately
Nothing else has ever interested me much
Except
Of course
Writing
… She’d be appalled
Fellow Travellers: Shadorma
FELLOW TRAVELLERS
We’re always
Travelling alone
Companions
Merely serve
To distract us from what is
Inescapable
Three Steps To Love
THREE STEPS TO LOVE
One: I think
I love you.
Two: I learn
to love myself.
Three: I know
we are one.
Next On The Agenda
NEXT ON THE AGENDA
Perhaps sometimes it’s not
About you trying to connect
With another but about you
Waiting patiently for them
To try to connect with you
That’s A Relief Then
Sep 2
Posted by Ben Naga
THAT’S A RELIEF THEN (One for Charles)
There
Is
Nothing
Wrong
With
Humanity
Genocide
Wouldn’t
Fix
Fortunately
They
Are
Working
On
It
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