Do you care for all that you see When you're away Do you wish you were here When, with eyes closed It is easy to dream That you are in Scotland The Rivers run clear But what of our chances Look to your heart When the feelings of warmth Cause you to think With a start A nation so Ancient A Country for so long Now undecided Is freedom so wrong? I am a Scotsman As are my kin I hope I'm alive When Independence begins I'll witness the doubters Who appear scared of the choice When they come to realise They'll begin to rejoice Scotland my Scotland Her Cities Her Glen's The Deer on the mountains Whisky and friends It will not be easy No change overnight But I know in my head Independence is right. AGL

Fire in my heart Music to my ears Words spoken softly Comforting my fears Smoothly she slips Here down to my level Eyes watch expectantly Stomach gently trembles Ferocious intent consumes me But considered in my actions The over spill of passion Despite my attraction We move in closer Now upright The music grabs attention The dance so rhythmic lifts me up The power of human invention We sway The strings come to life Harmoniously satisfied To dance with her Infectious The song drifts through Amid the throng All gripped in concentration The last bar played Only echoing remnants remain Musical Interaction AGL 

We are born We Live We die No real evidence otherwise Within those years that we remain here Decisons made Though not always clear We take a path Despite ourselves With heroic intent Or driven by fear We choose those friends With wholm comfort is greatest Lovers met Vocations tendered Moral judgements Well meant and honourable look after our bodies Care for the vulnerable? From a babe Up to a man We learn to walk We balance and stand Follow on Or lead from the front When the time is right We leap and jump Passionately embracing Something coveted Fall away Become unstable Make mistakes Learn Enable When we get old Darkness and light Life departs Our souls take flight Memories come rushing in The good the bad The uncertain Then with peace close to our hearts We go to sleep One last time What happens to all That we have kept inside Those images vivid The data vast As a...

A cloud descends Enveloping me Scared to breathe Except through teeth If I take a gasp I will inhale One hundred tiny Blood feasting beasts It seems that at first They cause me no trauma If I dare to scratch I'll do so forever Although not the most handsome Or pleasing too the eye When they attack my face in their fire I begin to look like Quas-i, This induces ire Collagen implants I don't need them Botox injections around my eyes The swelling is instant the insanity clear When the Midgie starts biting I'm living in hell Voracious wee bastards Appetite large Thank god their not bigger Or they would carry me off Screaming and yelling Up into the sky My skin falls away As they tear me apart No matter how many I kill with a swipe The hungry wee midgie Keeps coming on back There are more of these insects than stars in the sky Within a square metre A galaxy of irritation I could sit down Cur...