Hope for a Happy New Year

Hoping next year will be a kinder year to all and the world will take a collective step back from plunging into the abyss of war, hatred and internecine anger which seems to be becoming political currency. And if it you think it's slightly bonkers that some housewife in Kent is writing that, then you can see how far the world has already marched towards that brink...

We are given a life

The best gift we will be given

And with it the gift of love and hope

A living prayer

Let go of despair

Let go of hatred

Let go of violence

Unwrap your heart from fear

And embrace life

A living prayer

October Festivals

Diwali

In your heart

Safe from harm

The light of hope

Shines like a charm

Keep hold of hope

To light the way

And chase doubt

Far away

Samhain

The year draws in

All harvests done

Now count the days

Till Spring is come

In the runes

A fortune fold

And in a song

Tall tales are told

Light the bonfire

For more light

We'll celebrate
Samhain tonight

All Hallows Eve, All Souls & Saints and the Day of the Dead

In the candlelight's translucent air

Full of the angels incense and prayer

Dusk and dawn rub thin

To where, beyond death's veil

All sorrows cease

And love prevails

For one night we'll walk

Footsteps across the floor

A shiver in a silver flame

Echoes of the nevermore

In the moonlight's soft embrace

All phantom spirits, ghouls and wraiths

Dance to their ceaseless song

As lanterns call the enchanted throng

By morning light sharp contrast throws

The passing night into fleeting shadows

All Hallows Eve

All Souls, All Saints

And all the Dead

Are passing now into the night

As we walk in the new daylight

All Hallows Eve

All Souls, All Saints

And all the Dead

Across Lethe sail

All sorrows cease

And love prevails

Is this it

Is this it?

Is this where we find some middle ground?

A place to feed

Not on prejudice and greed

But to share, face to face

Our wealth around

A token, a portion, a weight

How much for love, hope and faith?

It's a small heart indeed

Who turns from the need

To sit down and sort out this place

Is this where we find

A place to hear

Not to argue or bicker or lie

But to talk and find out why

Far too many of us live in fear

Is this where we find some middle ground?

A place to lay the foundations down

For a humankind who are no longer

Full of hate, anger and hunger

Is this the place?

Are we welcome here?

Will we leave behind our superstitious fear

And open our hearts to find a way to sit down

And settle on some middle ground

Is this it?

Lost and Found

Lost and Found

St Christopher from the sea

Why did I find you

Before all the long journeys of my life

A keepsafe from the sandbanks

It seems, instead, you found me

Perdu et Trouvé

St Christophe de la mer

Pourquoi que j'ai trouvé vous

Avant tous les longs voyages de ma vie

A KeepSafe des bancs de sable

Il semble, au contraire, vous me avez trouvé

From Your Valentine

A letter sent from a prison cell

Where even hope darkness quells

Such a bright, divine light, this love

As swift and sweet as any dove

Emperors, dictators and warlords fall

While Love, that universal call

Burns on, despite brutality and fear

And we remember every year

Not the hatred

Nor the pain

Not the tyrant

But the name

Signed and sealed, the heart's final line

With love, from your Valentine

Unconditional Love

Bless everything or bless nothing.