My Next Steps

I try to think of my next steps,
but different versions of me roar in my head.


I cannot force them into silence.
I try to ignore the noise
and focus on who I am becoming,


but even in stillness there is shouting—
a crowd inside my mind.


Yet beneath it all, I am not rushed.
Something deeper holds me steady.


I am not only conflict.
I am also preparation.
Not only war, but readiness for peace.


God, be present in this choosing.
Do not leave me to my divided self.
Be the still point in my turning,
the key to my release.

High Waves

Like a boat on high waves after the sun has set. I stand in the darkness, with fears I can’t forget.

The storm may be raging, the night may be long. But faith is my anchor, and hope is my song.

Hold on tight, let courage rise. Dreams are born beneath darkened skies.

One more wave, one more fight. The dawn will come, bringing light.

Them Lot

They sit laughing in halls of shamed stone,
In a lust for power, stroking bone.
Feeding on the innocent, far right good to blame,
cloaking their hunger, with honours to name.

Trample their own, rake in the gain,
while the working class are buried in pain.
Their loathing lands with their word, their law.
We must challenge what we heard and saw.

The people toil - the governors command,
Inside his velvet glove - an iron hand.
Power built on a foreign fractured trust,
with fear, with loathing, with a perverted lust.

This our kingdom, built on hallowed ground,
Unite The Kingdom, streets must pound.
For every tower raised by greed,
Shall one fine day - bow to truth indeed.