amazement

i read stuff on facebook
and think, i don't get it
there are jokes on there
there are images of good looking women and men
images of cats, kittens, birds and fish
people saying they are going to bed
or just having something to eat
or telling you, you must go here
you must get this
you must get that
but i just hear white noise
I hear the continuous discourse of static
people telling you how you should look
whether it is in text or imagery
People giving their opinions about
the weather politically situations
humanitarian issues
or their local football team
people trying to fix the world from the comfort of their armchairs
but not leaving the house
not even know where the place they talk about is on the globe
it all amazes me
it all confuses me
then i see something that makes me think
I hear people complain and I think of Stephen Hawking'
Amazement
I see people if far off countries where human rights is a myth, yet they continue their struggle
Amazement
I watch a TV show with Reggie Bibbs in it
Amazement

sometimes

sometimes, life is holding your breath
you go blue, you shiver but it's the only way to get through
sometimes life is like a bell
it rings strong and true
yet other times it's cracked and the clanger keeps knocking you down
Sometimes there is now one there and you are standing in the middle of rush hour
sometimes people sound nice but they want their pound of flesh
sometimes it's crushing
sometimes it's never silent enough
sometimes everyone speakes in tongues
it is all too loud
all too fast
all too furious
the games are too violent
the chatter is void and echoing
the madness is like a warm hug
sometimes it takes a leap to get through
a jump to change the weather in your head
sometimes i think of leaving through the back door
down the alley
up the tree
across the stars
sometimes i wonder where is my blue box
with it's flashing light
and it's roar like bedlam
sometimes it is like my head is in the washing machine
getting bashed by the socks
filled with the tissues that should have been taken out
sometimes the news is white noise
sometimes i wonder whatever happened to my toys
that i use to play with for hours
sometimes i wonder what next?

sides and fences

pick a side
compete for a team
choose who your with
win at all costs

argue a point without ears
ignore all factors
put others down
and don't count the cost

take no prisoners
push all those off the fence
scream your side and burn the others
the cost is always worth it

Or D the above is all wrong
Don't compete, help
why choose when everybody is the same
always see all sides and don't choose any
you are no more important than the others
always help where you can
and don't cause harm

we're all the same
we all deserve compassion
we all deserve love

what we have

it's interesting to think about what we have.
we have a stable government, that we can openly complain about
we have a hospitals and doctors that are accessible
we have freedoms of speech
freedoms of protest
freedoms of religious choice
we have freedom to complain
we can watch tv
search the internet
go to rallies
buy things over the internett
write letters and send emails with a certain amount of security
we have privacy
we have the ability to forget the freedoms we have
we can be blase about our freedoms
yet, if you thought about other places in the world
where people do not have contact with the media
the media is government controlled
where you are visited in your home any time by authorities
where you can only get into hospital if you have lots of money
where the police are a luxury or worse than the criminal elliment
where religion is not a choice and choice is a mythical word
where to complain comes with a permanent holiday with a very small room
where you do not write anything down
and emails must be in code
and to go to rallies means to have your picture taken and put on a black list
then you realise what we have
unlike many countries around the world
we have choice
that's what we have

choices

things that are optional
this means that you don't have to do them
you can do them or you can decide not to
yet people see choices as liberty
you can take the liberty to play really loud music
you can take the choice to play loud music really late

a choice is something you can do

I choose not to have choices
I choose not to get angry
For me anger is like pouring petrol on a fire
you get burnt and so do others

I choose not to kill bugs, insects, flies, mosquitoes
They do want they do not from choice
they do not have choice

I am glad that I have choices
there ae plenty that don't

People who live under brutal regimes
People who do not have the choice of free speech
people who do not have the choice of religion
people who do not have the choice of having their love recognised

Choices are valuable
even when you decide not to have the choice
that's an option

we should all let other have choices
and let our compassion grow

remember

all war is anger
all wars are first wars
there will be more
until it is seen that war,
hatred
violence
lead nowhere
use compassion
use kindness and understanding
dissolve the anger
do not feed the hatred
so that war blooms
remember that if we all work together
with compassion and kindness and love
the hope will blossom
and anger will fade away

broken china

the tanks are stalking
the army is walking
freedom goes silent
thuggery is spent
thuggery is sprayed like a jet on water
mother, father, son, daughter
live in fear
live in opression
live in stagnant death

Peaceful people at the edge
peaceful people blazing brightly in protest
burning people pushed to the last
all of this goes deep into the past

What are we doing?
where are we going?
What are we knowing?

It's time to see
that it is up to you
it is up to me

Lend your voice
so that these people can again have a choice

silence

silence is hard to find
there is always chatter going on
yet it is mainly empty
there is always white noise playing through the air
silence is very hard to find
even when you are in the deepest darkest cave
you will hear the drip of a staligmite or staligtite
both of them as they are forming
silence is very rare
silence of sound
silence of motion
silence of thought

People

People a strange
and they continue to get stranger and stranger
People are odd
I don't understand them
they are told rules and regulations
and then break them yet say I didn't know that
people are riddles and some should never be thought about
I don't understand them
I believe that we should treat each other with kindness and compassion
I believe that we should show care and understanding
Yet I don't understand people
but will always try to do what I believe

What?

what do we do?
when others are trodden down.
when others are bullied
when other are silenced
what do we do
when we only have censored information
when the people with the biggest clout stand over us
when freedom and rights are just slogans in movies
What do we do
When people believe in the bullets bark

when people cheer on the pre-emptive stike
when people disassociate from the number count that are people

I don't know

sometimes

sometimes going down hill looks harder than going up
sometimes it feels easier to smash your cup
than wash it up
but easy is never fun
so you better run boy run
sometimes it is slow going when you want it fast
sometimes you're better finishing last
or being safely tied to the mast
and you think it was never meant to be this way
why didn't they tell me how the land lay
and then sometimes there just aren't any words...