The Partygate Dance

He danced for the scribes and the hypocrites, He danced for a tune taught by the oil rich, he danced for the women and danced for lust, he danced for the wealthy and danced for glee. === He danced against the laws and the protocols, he danced against the poor and the vulnerable, He danced… Continue reading The Partygate Dance

A voice in the Wilderness of War

Still he opened his throstle, and chanted
his prayer, that despair will die and each
root of hopefulness will bring grace

Earth 2 or 3?

The gleaming metal shone in the sun as it plummeted towards the planet’s verdant surface, splashing into the bluest of blue seas, it bobbed quietly, rising and falling with the waves. A gap appears near the top and emerging from the darkness into the light came figures, each stood shaking on wobbly legs fell into… Continue reading Earth 2 or 3?

Cancerous Greed.

He held tightly to the statement of his wealth groaning as he saw the fulsome figures falling, wondering how he’d keep his balding head up  as he flounders int he dust of only multi-millions. —– She held tightly to the small wad of new notes, freshly received from the ATM and felt thrilled  to have… Continue reading Cancerous Greed.

War on Refugees

Now politicians think up wicked schemes and plot

to send them to countries violating human rights,

spending our money to perpetrate crimes against

humanity, binding them in chains and sending them

away to suffer more, be killed and so Pilate Patel

washes her hands.

The Early Purple Orchid

A robin puffed its red breast and sang for the joy of the day, while down below a glorious sight. —- It stood tall, admiring the view, sparkling waters and sun caressed bluebells. —- Its flowers opening to the ever-present bees, and deep in the earth the bulb, which died to give it birth is… Continue reading The Early Purple Orchid

Resurrection and Reconciliation 

—— Do you love me, Peter? Feed my lambs. do you love me, Peter? Lead my sheep. Do you love me, Peter? Feed my sheep. —– He lifted up his hands and the nail holes showed clear, the scars on his forehead from the scorn of thorns, and he blessed the denial and dread in… Continue reading Resurrection and Reconciliation 

Fraught Fishing

Jesus is Resurrected and appears to the fishermen. ——– The net stretched deep into the lake, the stars glistened and somewhere an owl hooted, still they worked and searched, no fish came. —— The net still hung in the water,  as it tinted pink with the waking world, a fire on the beach, nothing strange,… Continue reading Fraught Fishing

The Hiddenness of Christ

The Road to Emmaus —- Talking makes it real, words inadequately describing, while walking. No one would guess seeing the two, that one unseen, a companion who bent his head and heard, hidden for a moment to give space, hidden from their grief. —— The moment came and he shared their grief, a friend for… Continue reading The Hiddenness of Christ

Doubts and Fulfilment

Easter Monday  Wandering the streets did little to calm, his mind’s wanting to smash each Pharisee, excepting Nic,  —- to go up to the Roman Soldiers who divided his spoil, and tell them just who they had killed. Thomas, tears ever present in his eyes,  found solace in the garden, and weeping he knelt in… Continue reading Doubts and Fulfilment