INNOCENT CHILD
Innocent child,
Running wild
Round corners loose or tight,
Falling left or right.
Full of energy and guile,
Under skies stormy or mild,
Navigating the night,
Yet never feel the fright.
Taking a breather during the lull
And a second to mull.
For the prize is within sight,
If we pull with all our might.
Let’s return to the hull,
If there’s too much to cull.
The future’s burning bright.
2022 is at a comfortable height.
ROCK OR BUST!
I know I should
And I would,
If I could.
But it’ll be no good,
If my thoughts have no food.
I know I ought
To use the time we bought,
To continue the battle we fought.
So, dispel the thought
That things will come to nought.
I know I must,
Have my eyes cleared of dust,
My will freed from rust
And faith restored by trust.
Henceforth, it’s rock or bust!
THE CHASE OF THE WILD GOOSE
Now, this ugliness of times recent
Is really a ghost grossly indecent,
Of the jumping of the many
On the one that they so choose
For the chase of the wild goose.
For the making of us dependent
On the habit of one bad moment
And the decorated guilt to carry
On grounds of sand so loose
As to rival the laxity of their noose.
It is the object of this lesson
To temper the feeling and passion
Of any Tom, Dick and Harry.
In the book, it’s the oldest ruse,
A trick they never fear to overuse.
Never mind the acts of reason,
And the semblance of a sober nation,
There is much political tomfoolery
In a game both sides can’t afford to lose;
Pursuing, not a wild, but a golden goose.
AW GEE!
I opened my eyes but I don’t see
Anything vaguely familiar to me.
I wonder if it happens to everybody,
But this world is no longer what it used to be.
You and I used to agree
But conversation has become tragedy,
No more tolerance or generosity.
Will friendship return to what it used to be?
I don’t know if I’m really me.
I can’t recognise my self and my body,
I guess this is the ultimate uncertainty.
I’m less than half the person I used to be.
Yet, all you can say is: “Aw gee!
Are you just looking for sympathy?
For this or any other query,
It should be referred to the Committee!”
