In Between

Fight for diversity at your peril. Many people, regardless of skin colour or heritage, have vested interests in maintaining segregation. I am not one of them.Truth Telling. Dignity. Courage. I want these to be the defining characteristics of Australian society.

Lesson at the Yorkian

Luka Lesson takes the stage and you can already feelPages turning in his mind as he recites with powerThe ages we’ve waited to hear these lines Live it is with ‘May Your Pen Grace the Page’Delivered to the crowd they grow loud and cheerTo the rhymes that clear the message through the voices Ringing throughContinue reading “Lesson at the Yorkian”

Connected

Given the timeto produce a rhymesaying with grace andkeeping rhythm in time Find the path to say the ideasthat everyone hearsin their soulsthe vision sears Through the yearswe find new partsin our heartsand make new starts Making arttakes timewe sayit’s mine Me is on the pagegoing into your earand through your mindyou find Nothing queerbetweenContinue reading “Connected”

Tough Crowd

The cavernous chasm between the haves and the have nots and how we may bridge it.

Hither Evil Glances Not

Have you ever met someone who has never felt fear? I don’t believe it still but my eyes and ears tell me I must. Can you believe that the man of a household never assaulted the children under his care, or that the woman never lashed out, or that siblings never became vindictive? Incredible but,Continue reading “Hither Evil Glances Not”

Resolved Depression

Furious and frustrated, the anger must be suppressed. Attacking those responsible for capitalism and the wealthy getting wealthier may only further reduce our freedom. Lashing out at the ignorant does not end their ignorance. Self-harm achieves a certain validation but an inconsequential one. ‘May as well end it all.’ I’ve often been in this spaceContinue reading “Resolved Depression”