Tag: July 2019

Thirty-four years to the day (also a Saturday) since Live Aid, and I can’t help wondering… When I came of age we had satellites of love and global guitars we had statements of conscience we had the biggest and brightest coming together to take a stand           to fight poverty and [...]

Partly inspired by an article in The Guardian… Billions of particles found in the hearts of city dwellers manifest in dreams dashed ambitions abandoned big plans broken and battered perspectives punch drunk or punctured all in the blink of a blind eye— because nobody warned them it was coming what it would do or how [...]

A quiet day of sorts… I have things to say but don’t feel like saying them I write down the words then cross them out I type them out then delete I open my mouth then stay silent Some thoughts should remain thoughts They don’t need to be anything else (11 July 2019) Wishes sometimes [...]

This morning came too early… Morning after coffee the sugar rushes in yet my eyelids grow heavy There’s no Caribbean in my room rain’s been coming down all morning I’m ready to go back to bed Tension sits, waiting Can the crack of thunder be far behind? ‘Don’t make me wait’ I hear them saying [...]