The science is conclusive, the evidence is in, there is no debate, 97% of climate scientists agree that the earth is warming due to human release of carbon dioxide into the earth’s atmosphere. The ice is melting, sea levels are increasing, there are more extreme weather conditions and unless we do something now the planetContinue reading “Climate Science”
Monthly Archives: April 2019
The Emblem
The waiter was just arriving with my soup when the sound of arguing shook me out of my reverie. A man in a very sharp suit, with a red tie and his hair combed back was arguing with one of the museum staff. “I placed it there. I know it. The emblem, it’s gone”. “KeepContinue reading “The Emblem”
Judgement Day
Peter Logan died alone at the age of eighty four. Their were no mourners at his death, no funeral, just placement in a cardboard box, followed by incineration in a furnace. His earthly body disposed of and forgotten. He was unmarried, an only child, no family, friends or acquaintances to pray for his soul. PerhapsContinue reading “Judgement Day”
The Cross
My crossIs heavyI staggerAnd fallBeneathThe weightOf this lifeTryingTo riseDisillusioned, hurt, cynical, angry, revengeful, troubledI am apt to blame others for my shortcomings and failuresI aim toStandUprightShoulderMy burdenMove everHigher toCarry myCross
Uniformity
The driver was completing his orbit, the length of the rotation diminishing with each circuit, soon he would be within the gravitational pull of the black hole. I had to do something. I flexed my hands and shoulders, relaxed my body and sat upright in the seat. Closing my eyes, I focused my mind, concentratingContinue reading “Uniformity”
Regret.
You’re at a burial, dressed in shoes you didn’t have time to polish or lace up correctly. It’s a grey sort of day, overcast with rain coming soon. They’re lowering the casket into the ground and all you can do is stare at the stubborn knot in your shoelaces. Someone lights up a cigarette afterContinue reading “Regret.”
The Hustler
Joe thought in binary terms. His mind a whirl of dots and dashes signalling certainty in all his actions. You are either right or wrong, with me or against me, winners and losers, light and darkness. As Joe stood on the bridge looking down upon the murky depths of the waters swirling beneath, he wasContinue reading “The Hustler”
