Poetry

So What, If

So What, If What if you’re told you can’t, when you know you can When you’re still in the running not an also ran Start off last and end up first The party’s last balloon to burst To be full of intention but put down when you try Yet stand straight back up and throw defiance in […]

Poetry

Remembrance

Remembrance It is a small act Just once a year A pause Slight hush In the hubbub of life. One hundred and twenty seconds Of silent reflection Such a small thing In exchange For such a sacrifice Just silence For the lives lost And the loves lost And the limbs lost It seems a nothing […]