Mistake

They shout and protest
Form riots, unrest
And say the world was best
Before

Claims of immigration
Ruining the nation
And the threat of conflagration
Once more

The flames are fanned
But we must take a stand
Against those most unmanned
By fear

It's tolerance at stake
And reason could break
Until the racist mistake
Is made clear

Lights

They counted down the days
Looking all the time
For ways to put a stop
To it all
Too aware the world could fall apart.
But nothing now could halt
The chain of events
And careering like a train
Without a brake
That rents the countryside with screams
It flew to take the world with it
And without doubt
The fight was on
The night the Christmas lights went out.

Questions

Where do all the children go to play
When all the parks are padlocked New Years Day?

How do those on zero hours get their leave
For full-time friends parties Christmas Eve?

Why can landlords still expect their rent
Whilst preaching abstention to the poor during lent?

Who is it feels the sting of alienation
When inclusivity and the community are on vacation?

When will politicians do what they say
Instead of claiming dragons exist for St Georges Day?

What will end the myth of consumer living
And will we survive to give the Earth thanksgiving?

Mound

I never brought you flowers
Nor hung up ornamentation
I never wailed with grief
Nor sung you lamentations
It was not because I didn't miss you
Not because I didn't care
All there was was a mound of earth
And I just didn't see you there

Cave

I want my cave today
My shelter from the storm
I want my little hideaway
Where I can curl up warm

I want away from all the crowds
Even the odd person or two
Sail up high upon the clouds
Be alone, and with a view

I want beauty and I want delight
But life gets in the way
So hide me deep in artificial night
Curled up in my cave today

Resolution

A new year’s resolution

Is a revolution of the mind

A desire to bring change; Evolve

To find a different you

Dissolve your faults and remind

Yourself to enjoy life

Excise those addictions

And prejudiced convictions

Be kind to others

See the best in the world

Fill in the self-dug holes

Stop playing the roles

That define you negatively

And blind you to reality

A chance to start again

Depart from the past

Leave behind and cast off

Your worn out clothes

Redress and address desires

Burning ambitions

And rise from the fires

Like a phoenix refreshed

Made anew

A new start

For a new year

Black Friday

I worry about the human race
Fights over TV's are such a disgrace
Grasping after so-called 'bargain finds'
Demeans us as a species, and reminds
Me of pitchfork and fire wielding mobs
A rule of violent fear that robs
Us of our self-revered dignity
And strips us of our humanity.