This Not A Surprise

As is said of ignorance to it does not have an age
And few ever rise to the status of sage
And arrogant people never grow enlightened they only grow old
Though fortune can favor the brave and the bold
We never stop learning it does seem this way
And from life we do learn as we live every day
If you can live your life without harming anyone
Your mum and dad in you have raised a good daughter or son
Enlightenment always a welcome does find
And made to feel at home in the open to learning mind
Those who think they know it all new knowledge will never receive
Suppose we are only on what we do believe
Yet the more we do learn the more we realize
That we do know so little this not a surprise.

Everywhere I Turn To Look

Everywhere i turn to look i do see
The beauty of Nature that is all around me
A beauty that has inspired the makers of story and rhyme
That will live on forever through the Seasons of time

Though in the depths of Winter in late June near the first of July
The sun shining bright in the blue and gray sky
The flute of the magpie so pleasant to hear
On a beautiful day for the time of year

With such nice Winter weather how can one complain
The countryside looking green after the recent rain
On a high leafless branch of a sunlit deciduous tree
The magpie larks sing their distinctive pee wee

The beauty of Nature will be living on
When i am one of the long forgotten gone
The fact is us humans are mortals and fact never lie
But Nature is the one who will never die

For late June in Winter quite a beautiful day
A freshening breeze blowing uphill from the bay
Above the undulating green coastal countryside
Where the scenic beauty around me stretches far and wide.

Only In The Few

Wise political leaders only in the few
And this is not saying anything that is new
Many politicians to their word are never true
And are not trustworthy for to give them their due
The person you vote for on election day
Says more of the person you are than words can ever say
The government lacking in compassion are voted to power by voters who too are this way
That we get the government we deserve only seems true to say
Due to the greed of the wealthy a fair go to many in life is denied
The gap between the poor and the wealthy has grown ever wide
When government leaders say they are governing for all of the people they are lying through their teeth
They never do govern for the homeless of poverty street
So many politicians only know of how to deceive
They are not the sort that one should trust or believe.

Before The Baby Learns How To Walk

Before the baby learns how to walk the baby must crawl
And what applies to one baby does apply to all
Your first lesson from the book of life began on your life's first day
And from life we never stop learning it does seem this way
Yet from learning from life we have so little time
For the years pass so quickly beyond our lives prime
And the more we do learn the more we realize
That we do know so little this not a surprise
From living experience of life we do gain
But as we age some of the knowledge we accumulated we do not retain
And sadly the know it all people are no longer rare
But of knowledge they seem to have little to share
You may not receive from life what is your due
But that you learn as you live does remain ever true.

Poverty Is Relative

Some people in life they do it so tough
And often are hungry and live and sleep rough
The hard done by life of the social divide
The goddess of luck she is not on their side
Millions of people are stateless and homeless in the World today
Without an income, unemployed and doing it in the hard way
For millions of people living in extreme poverty
How hard and sad living life for them has to be
They know what it is like to live without shelter and be hungry and cold
And few of them will live on for to grow old
Compared to them so very lucky am i
Of hunger and cold i will surely not die
I do not own my own home many far wealthier than me
But poverty is relative would you not agree.

Friendly Strangers

Whenever i am walking in the park or on the street
Such nice and friendly strangers i happen for to meet
Who greet me as one that they liked and knew
They make me feel as one of the chosen few
About them they do have a charming way
The people who never fail to make my day
Wherever such people are joy is to be found
They carry it with them and share it around
That the moods of others affect us to most does apply
It is not a nice feeling even when a stranger to your greeting choose not to reply
Though personally them i cannot claim to know
Friendly strangers as i do feel have the inner glow
As is said of a smile it does not cost one a thing
And the praises of a friendly stranger i feel happy to sing.

Life Is Too Short

Life is too short for bearing a grudge
And why should one wish to be anyone's judge
Live and let live is the best you can do
How you choose to live is only up to you
Some in their ways and their thinking are small
They only believe on a fair go for their own kind but not on a fair go for all
The one who finds pleasure on verbally putting others down
Will never become the best loved one in town
There is more to life than living for me, myself and i
This is a fact and fact never lie
For your future good karma you can plant the seed
By helping anyone of your help in need
Do not expect to receive if you cannot give
This is how it works in live and let live.