Do you dare?

Do you dare to be different?
Become an individual,
ignore the rules to some extent.
Prepared to be unusual.
Adopting eccentricity
in everything you do and say
and stamp your personality
on those you meet along life’s way.
You may be seen as arrogant,
afflicted by insanity.
Because you can ignore the cant
Society’s hypocrisy.
Because you’re bold enough to be
able to act naturally.

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Ongoing Process.

Three quarters of a century.
Recorded in my memory.
Experience that made me, me.
A complete life times history.

Of all I've heard and all I've seen.
Recorded in my memory.
What I have done and where I've been.
A complete life times history.

I can look forward eagerly.
A quarter of a century.
To reaching my centenary.
Recorded automatically.

And stored within my memory.
Accessible only to me.

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Devotees

The priestess who officiates.
Clad only in authority
She very clearly demonstrates.
She's comfortable with nudity.
Being Sky Clad sets you free.
To be the way you're meant to be.
Completely inhibition free.
Open to the energy.
The goddess provides liberally.
To the faithful few who dance.
Sky Clad unashamedly.
Whenever they may get the chance.
Obedient to the Goddess' will.
Dancing naked Deosil.

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Artistry for M lady Francesca

The night has fled but left behind
a louring sky gun metal grey.
foreshadowing the dawn of day.
My eyes wide open search the skies,
the east whence comes the rosy glow.
As from beneath the sea the sun will rise
and slowly climb to dominate the sky.
The source from which the pastel colours flow.
The shades of amber rose and gold we see
a true display of nature's artistry.

6-Jan-08

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The Flowers Of The Forest

A lone piper plays a sad lament.
Silhouetted against the sky.
Parading on the battlements.
A focal point for every eye.
A single ray of sunlight shone
Through a break in clouds of grey.
As if to grant a benison.
A blessing on the memory
of those who died in freedoms cause.
Remembered for eternity.
The sad lament a tour de force.
Which foreign tourists flock to see.
A tribute to our proud history.

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Insomniacs Complaint

I take a pill to help me sleep.
I take another when I wake
To me the cost is rather steep
I got addicted by mistake.
Although I had tries counting sheep
It didn’t work I lay awake.
I take a pill to help me sleep
I take another when I wake.
From the first my sleep was deep
I found it difficult to wake.
Due to the pill I chose to take.
I still do though it’s not cheap
I take a pill to help me sleep.

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Coffee break for M lady Lucianne

I fantasise and I create
new worlds which I can populate.
In any way that pleases me.
I can imagine easily
exotic creatures that can fly
who live on islands in the sky
Their kinfolk live beneath the sea
breathe underwater easily.
Acknowledging no boundary,
there are no rules I must obey
I can create new fantasies
in my own time, in my own way.
Escaping from reality
when I can have ten minutes free.

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Pay Attention!

We see but all too frequently
Pay little heed to what we see.
We also hear selectively
We function automatically.
Although aware subconsciously
of everything we hear or see
Which poses threats to our safety
We can react instantaneously.
Prepare to act defensively
Responding instinctively
To any thing that seems to be
a threat to our security
Our conscious mind assumes control
With safety as it only goal.

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Independent view

I reject Christianity
the teachings of Mohammed too
I must confess I’m not a Jew
I deny their authority
I choose to take a different view.
But I do not expect you
to give up what you believe is true.
I can accept quite easily.
Others may hold different views
which they believe in fervently.
It’s up to them But I refuse
not to act independently
I have free will so I can choose
To take responsibility.

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One more statistic

A random act of violence,
An unpremeditated blow
which devastates two families.
A difference only of degrees
Because a drunkard took offence
against someone he did not know.
Another of life’s tragedies
The victim gone beyond recall
and his assailant locked away
for years behind a prison wall.
That is the price he has to pay.
More victims added to the toll
that’s yearly claimed by alcohol.

27-Apr-08

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