Give and Take

Take my wrangling,
Put it on the Jeremy Kyle
Show to punish it.
Jeremy Kyle would grind
My wrangling down
To snowy white dust
So that I could
Brush it away.

Give me a dash of complacency
To lie within my arguments
To give my opinions doubt
and reason,
So that they could be satisfied
With another person’s
Point of view.

by Peaches & Cream

To Fear

Right, Fear, today is the 22^nd of September 2008

and I have come up with a strong decision

about what to do with you. For all these years

I have accommodated you in my life,

but today it is all going to end.

I am taking you to a place where I will disgrace you

in front of everyone. I will tell them that you are

a destroyer, tormentor, you are everything

that is bad, everything that I can’t even name.

Those who are going to be there will know

who you are and they will never accommodate

you because I will tell them the signs

and how you love to control.

For your own information, Fear, in your place

I have replaced you with Confidence.

It feels good to have Confidence.

by Christine

Would you believe it

I have a zebra called Sporty. He jumps, he runs, he has been in the Olympics, the Animal Olympics. And he has won First Prize. Sporty is a zebra who loves athletics. He has been in the Triple Jump, Long Jump, Short Jump, Gymnastics and other sports. He has a trophy for all sports.

Sporty was in the news with his medal on his long neck. The man who was sitting in the front of the crowd called up the 20 best animals in the Animal Olympics. There was a tiger, lion, dinosaur, giraffe, hippo, leopard, crocodile, snake, viper, venomous creature, lizard, adder, whale, elephant, horse, ass, deer, donkey, monkey, chimpanzee and Sporty.

by Catwoman

Life and Birth

Born Again
I'm a survivor - one of the lucky ones.
I've made it here and I've come out strong!
A second chance I have been given
All thoughts of doom have now been riven!

I take each moment, each hour, each day
And on my knees I daily pray.
Thank you for this gift of life
I will not waste it come what may!

No more misery, pain or sorrow
I'll take with both hands another tomorrow.


Retirement
So life begins at forty I think to myself!
My life began at sixty and wasn't due to wealth
Work is now a forgotten word
And in my life is never heard!
I laugh, have fun and time to play
Perhaps I'll visit a friend today!
I can stay at home and do what I like
Or get my boots on and go for a hike!
I wake up each day feeling inspired!
Oh what joy since I retired!


by Von