A Glimmer of Hope They call it an illness sometimes a disease Call it what you want but help me please Got nothing or no one, just want to die All of this down to a chemical high Locked up like an animal in a lion’s den I’ve gone back home to prison yet again No more drugs and that is a promise The Lord has blessed me with a shot at THOMAS Honesty is paramount the answer is within me Keep working the programme and I will find the key No more Mr Nasty I can now drop the act I’m now with a new group who’ve made a lifelong pact Life is on the up now I’m strong once again Ready to move on and stand tall amongst men I think back to the day when I couldn’t cope God bless u THOMAS for this glimmer of hope Simon
Junkie & Others
I was written down in history Junkie was my name I was causing so much misery Never feeling any shame
I bit the hand that fed me I took for all I could I stole, I hurt, I lied To get that poison in my blood
I never took a minute To see the harm I’d done I was wrapped up in addiction And saw it all as fun
I never saw my mother cry No way would I look back I’d be gone to score more drugs And fill myself with Smack
Then nothing else would matter As I lay there in a state With no worries in the world Is what it would create
Now that I have a programme Brought to me by NA I see the hurt and pain I’ve caused When I lived my life that way
And now I see my mother I look into her eye The relief she feels now I am clean She holds me and still cries. Wayne
Life and Love I live my life the best I can And wake up every morning Trying to learn an NA programme At the moment my life feels good I don’t feel like a criminal living Like a criminal would. I feel clean and serene and at last Feel like a human being. I don’t Need drugs or drink As a mind altering Substance to make me think I feel alive. About fours years ago I felt my life was no more I lost my family and friends But stand here today knowing I’m making amends I’m dying to live but living to die. But sometimes I think of life in the past and just feel like a good cry, So I can then leave my post And say goodbye.
An eye for the weather? (HAIKU)
SUN Light shining from your eyes as the words ’I love you’ are softly spoken.
RAIN A flood of tears running from your eyes and down your cheeks. Red and salt-burned
CLOUDS Uncertainty as your eyes milk. Upon your brow appear deep furrows.
WIND The energy of soul, raw and infectious clearly seen in your eyes.
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THE TREE The tree stands alone But is it truly lonely? It stands like the rest of Nature. So what is the connection?
Hm! Nature. It entwines itself with uniqueness; The soil needs the grass The grass needs the soil Everything individual, but yet the same, They all need each other.
How you might wonder? Well isn’t that obvious? They share the cycle of life. Well why is this fascinating because they give to survive? The sun gives light and heat This produces the rain which feeds the plants; The plants feed the animals and this goes on.
Selflessly giving what’s needed never taking what’s wanted. With this blossoms love, with natural colours and shapes of beauty. Open your eyes, the world is a beautiful place.
Ignorance comes from fear of what we don’t understand. We all have one thing in common; Freedom to love.
David Southern
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