The Farmers Are Not Smiling

On a beautiful late February evening of twenty six degrees
White butterflies seemingly dancing in the warm coastal breeze
That blow through the parkland from the nearby bay
So great to be living on such a nice day
The weather has been warm for quite a while
But some rain to the farmer's face would bring a smile
The water dams low in water and bone dry every drain
And the brown dry countryside could do with rain
Sad to realize that human created carbon emissions hurry on Climate Change
Worldwide the weather of late has been acting so strange
What we do to our Earth Mother to our own selves we do
And this applies to me as well as to you
But in the dry and bare paddocks feeding their cattle hay
The farmers are not smiling on this warm sunny day.

This Includes You And Me

Live every day as if it is your last and eventually you will be proven right
For death will claim the life from you some day or some night
Death will come to us all and all includes you and me
That we will not live forever comes with a guarantee
The average human lifetime span a decade of years with three score
And the wealthy celebrities death does not ignore
The one who died wealthy is not so today
Everybody is equal where dead people lay
On the day of your funeral life will go on
And somebody will enjoy your money when the life from you has gone
So enjoy your money whilst you are able to
Or somebody else will enjoy it for you
On how long we will live there is no guarantee
Death is for everyone and this includes you and me.

You Never Thought Then

When you were in your prime years many Seasons ago
You never thought then time would become your foe
But in retrospect you have become far more wise
That you are not indestructible you have come to realize
As your youngest grandchild sits on your knee
You tell him of the man that you once used to be
But he in child's honesty looks you in the face
Saying grandpa this morning i beat you in a race
Many Seasons ago your legs did move fast
But you have become a shadow of the man that you were in the past
Time on the best does eventually show
Your fastest pace nowadays to say the least slow
Your five year old grandson looks you in the face
Saying grandpa you cannot beat me in a race.

Mother Earth Who Does Feed Us

Mother Earth who does feed us it seems sad to say
Us humans abuse in a very bad way
To build more polluting factories in the industrial town
We dispossess the wild creatures when we cut their trees down

Pollution of air, oceans, waterways and land
For human material gain seems hard to understand
With Nature's other life forms we feel no wish to share
Their numbers do dwindle and many people grow poorer for every new millionaire

For our abuse of our Earth Mother i am as guilty as you
But what we do to her to our own selves we do
For life on her we do entirely depend
Yet we do not treat her as our greatest friend

With pride great human achievements historians recall
But on our treatment of our Earth Mother we have nothing to feel proud of at all
On our very survival on her we depend
But we do not treat her as our greatest friend.

I Have Been Called

I have been called a loser a never do well
An old fashioned wordsmith who pens doggerel
Though it is not anywhere near to be nice to be called out of name
The slurs of the ignorant should be no cause for shame
We are what we are is how it seems to be
Though many with such a view would not agree
For many years i have been a rhyming buff
Just one of those blokes who has penned reams of stuff
There are so many like me beyond ten and three score
For the literary critics for to ignore
I leave it to others their praises to sing
I live in my own way and do my own thing
But i feel no desire to give rhyming away
I hope to be doing it on my life's final day.

A Flower From Mumbai

Brown skin and dark hair with a smile on her face
A beautiful young woman of charm and grace
Her home City from here it is far away
The pride of Warrnambool is a flower from Mumbai

For one of her years so down to earth and wise
The sheer joy of life in her smiling brown eyes
She carries joy with her when walking the street
People like her are a pleasure to meet

People like she is joy to others bring
Her Indian accent is such a beautiful thing
An accent that is always pleasant to hear
The sweet tones of India easy on the ear

Since her loss to Mumbai is Warrnambool's gain
In south west Victoria hope she does remain
Perhaps in her mid twenties in her physical prime
Her sort the inspiration of song, story and rhyme

A wonderful ambassador for her Country and race
She always has such a sweet smile on her face
Of happiness with her she carries the seed
Of many more like her the Human World is in need

A nice all round person of her one might say
She greets everyone with a cheerful good day
In south west Victoria hope that she will stay
The pride of Warrnambool a flower from Mumbai. 

Time Is The Healer

An ache in your right big toe does leave you with some pain
But at least youhave something of for to complain
You say the result of your x ray for it is a sprain
Quite swollen the nagging ache with you remain

You stubbed it whilst walking barefoot on the toilet door
This is something that has happened to others before
Within a week or two they were feeling okay
As you will too time does heal as they say

Your swollen stubbed toe leaves you walking slightly lame
There are far worse things than this that one can name
For your aching toe i cannot offer you much sympathy
But then i am one who lacks in empathy

Your Facebook friends are such caring people you have come to realize
At news of your painful stubbed toe with you they sympathize
Though few in the flesh of them you seem to know
Such kindness to you in their words they does show

You do not have that much to complain about
A stubbed toe less painful than than the swelling of gout
In a week or two you will be feeling okay
That time is the healer it does seem this way.

The One Without A Friend

A wise old lady told me years ago
The one without a friend is one without a foe
A passed down pearl of wisdom that with me does stay
And in moments of reflection to think of today

Friends become enemies when trust is betrayed
And sometimes old grudges in the mind don't fade
And in the death of the body only die
That hatred can be love turned upside down is not a lie

You only can live to be the best person you can be
For to live a good life would you not agree
Those in their words who drag others down
Do never become the best loved in the town

The words of the wise old lady with me does remain
That in moments of reflection to visit again
A pearl of wisdom from decades ago
The one without a friend is one without a foe.

As True To Yourself

To your higher self try to remain as true
And always pay to others the respect they are due
And in your words never drag anyone down
To big note yourself on your side of the town
The wealthy for their wealth one not ought to begrudge
Do we have the right for to be their judge?
If they have wronged others in any sort of a way
Leave them to Karma their price for to pay
From being mean to others some does stand to gain
But live and let live as a truism remain
We sow our own Karma in truth one say
What goes around comes around life works in this way
There is a price to pay for every ill gotten gain
As true to yourself try to remain.