Youth Experience Blood and carnage On muddy fields  The victims bandaged Shells like rain Thunder claps Men obliterate Western allies Politicians Heads of state Cleaning their shoes Logs on the fire No fires burning on the front tonight A snipers clue Tommy's' life takes swift flight Sinking in the foetid stinking first light Into murky depths, darkness SHITE! The footfalls miss the duck-boards planks Toms' tunic sodden swamp like torn Shrapnel rendered, quite forlorn Drags the morning strollers Boot clad foot down to meet His rotten corpse, lifeless hands No not the grasp On this murky Autumnal day Leaders pay homage But only through prayer Thanks-giving for the dead Conscripted to die A century later We still wonder why? We are the generations who have avoided such atrocity Choosing to live and not enter the fight Choices are easy when life deals a slightly more positive hand If choices

Darkness falling Ebony crawling Hearts bleed in mourning World Bombing People dying Murder forming Raining down Missiles launching War is coming Heads are forward Almost crawling Sands are blowing Death Accepts the scorched remains Soldiers running Bullets flying Kill them all Children falling Friendly crushing Collateral carnage To kill a few Innocents pay Darkness falls at the break of day Night won't come for many I hate this world Corruption Yawning A gaping mouth Filled with pain AGL

Throughout my life I've had many Called friends Some of them women Most have been men Falling into line Circumstance driven The faces I observed Socially given Mindful Considered Confused by the logic Thinking too much Borderline neurotic Reflective Nostalgic Memories of the tragic Decisions I've made Intrinsically flawed What of the good times When everything flowed Smiling so warmly Laughing along Stepping outside Of my own mind Third party viewpoints Have messed with my head I climbed to the top Where I perched on the ridge The roads snaking off below me Which byway to risk? Directions once taken Chosen on a whim Did more harm to myself Than to anyone else Mistakenly naive About the bonds I once formed Some friends I have cherished Bonds that were strong Comradeship Banter Love One and all Ready to catch them When tripping, they fall Loyalty Reason Respect for

We watch while people die We hear the grinding carnage It grates at us It tears us all apart Nothing we can do? Why should we even start? The obscenity of it all It is mostly about money Oil or weaponry Or of lands that they have stolen Among the terraces of housing Crammed up so tight A western funded nation Will call us Anti-Semites If we dare hold their scornful savagery Up to our secular lights I feel helpless I feel hopelessness Wealth and power Continues to devour The honesty of workers Look out world In case you get what you bid for Ruination Desolation Billions dead In tatters While leaders? choose to have discussions Decisions made That have an impact But only on others Protecting their position Votes for casting United as a world of people We could easily defeat those misguided brothers "Now I hear the chapping door Jackboots coming soldiers stomping How dare I have such a view? If I can do so, how about you? Incarceration o

I like the way it makes me feel I covet the notion That it is real The smell of it Gives me pleasure Taken in times Of absolute leisure The caress it offers In times of stress The absolute Fuck It is the best Undefined By the rules of another The choice is mine And Mine forever. AGL

Gifted to the waiting masses Grasping for air as you fall and tumble Losing your breath as you scramble and bumble Tightly they hold on Clawing and biting Meek and quite humble You bend to their will The demons they muster Desperate to have you Invasive they snatch You kick with your heels Forcing them back They will not defeat you Resting for once Until they attack Scared They will return Catching you napping Stealing your dreams Riding on your back Out of the darkness A glimmer of hope Changing your thoughts Life must go on Supported in some way By those who surround you Cared for and safe You can move forwards Don't drop your guard Until they have left you alone Let him who is sane Cast the first stone Madness is out there Waiting in ambush One out of four Succumbs to his force Rest easy my friend Guided by knowledge Each day will arrive Just like the last. AGL

Individual one of a kind A description for Every woman man and child The foibles The talents The issues The strife Living each day Until the end of this life Wandering with your lids closed so tight Not a glimmer or notion No chink of bright light Knowledge is golden Eyes open wide Capable of beauty Creative and kind Cautiously treading Thinking out loud Ugliness scars The cruelest of souls Differences measured Commonality assured Be true to your self Love and respect Suffer when pained Laugh when amused Eat when you are hungry Fast if you must Learn to be truthful Peaceful Erect Staunchly opposed To evil in men The world is an oyster The pearl is a bonus Devoted to partners Honest and Kind Most of all friends Know your own mind AGL 

As parents we all can hope That our children will succeed Not with materials Or paths of gold Or perhaps to look after us when we are old That is not what children are for They are here A gift from nature Not from God To live on the planet Experiences gained Life goes around I see her smiling gleefully Excitement beyond the pale Chewing on a piece of toast as slever Soaked her chest I see her as she toddled Finding the world In a new school uniform Cute and alert I see her as she sings A nightingale would be pleased I see her as she listens To Mr York and Co The highs and the lows Creeping and weird Musically guided Eclectic and intelligent Beautiful too We love her as much as we do the others But as old as she gets Our hearts fill with joy Our eldest Our daughter Who knows not her worth In time she will see Why she came here to spend time with us  Here on this earth Happy birthday wee darlin

Tradition suggested that we may need a break. Crowns and religions, Exposed as just fake Politicians who tell us that all will be well While smiling so sweetly Party's for sale Crowns made of paper Angels and John Shoes, tattered and skinny Asking Them all If they'll spare you a penny, your house has just gone What about Sheila, What about Ron Can they both have some money They're cars in a pond, Insurance, taxation Scriptures and diction Vocabularies,  Manners  Man made addictions All caught in the maelstrom  Of evolution not fiction. Simples!  AGL

The light has been extinguished Darkness fills me Nothing can illuminate Not candle or beaming torch Fluorescent dreams My only saviour Strange to think that sleeping Is the only sanctuary I have had With eyelids tightly closed I would expect only night terrors  Hear them scream and call The wonder of imagination Has caused the veil to fall What of tomorrow Will the east present the sun? The star above can warm us Under her we burn When I open my eyes The brightness returns Hand held high Blinking I run Free from the ebony horror That has held me here for so long Free of thoughts that have ruled me Turning all of my rights to wrongs I sleep in peaceful slumber A bed so clean and warm Awakening Early, Happier Sweetly comes the dawn. AGL

Cold Warmed by the love she carries A beacon Showing me the way Forever That's a long time Not long enough To have her here with me. Peace The tranquillity of those moments After the flood Emotion's riding on a wave Take me to the shore Pleasure Beyond those twilight minutes With her Darkness never comes AGL

A coldness fills me when I read the news Victims of crime Broken and confused Toddlers stolen away by their mothers The insanity of this life Leaves me battered and bruised Evil is a man made concept A word used to describe Cruelty That lacks any sense Life goes on Some may say If this is life? I don't want it 'any way' Fate is discoloured and altered by hate Who decides who lives and who dies or who stays Our earth bound cultures are in quite a state What memories and compulsions tempered her feelings To murder her son,was his life worth stealing Remind her of the heinous intent In front of the cameras Upset and distant The truth is hidden Her small son dead For all of that she appeared Polished and pressed Some might say That she was pained The trigger once pulled Could never be restrained No matter what you will believe To kill a child Is the worst of crimes Illness may explain a little No matter 'mummy' Let us not belit