Opinions are like arse holes

Opinions are like arse holes

Everyone’s got a behind

Flatulent views filling spaces

Mostly unpleasant; rarely kind

 

Unsolicited advice.  Lobbed

Like grenades into the breach

Confidence the victim

Of a blood sucking leach

 

What is mankind’s impulsion

To perpetuate their own shit?

They should re-examine the horizon

From the high horse where they sit

 

Words overflow in chat rooms

Binary wants and coded lore

Hold society in a stronghold

Insisting what we need, is More

 

The television also accountable

For two-dimensional advice

Producers salivating at conflict

People’s hearts, their merchandise

 

Time to examine your reason

For hanging with this crowd

Is your true sense of worth

Really just another’s dark cloud?

 

Never ending columns of newsprint

Constrict our breathing, to produce

To take them at pure face value

Puts society’s head in the noose

In complete suspension

Lift the anchor and set sail

The seas will hold you afloat

See the intangible on the horizon

Aboard your magnificent dreamboat

 

Don’t be a victim to circumstance

Your judgement, not the slightest bit flawed

Your experience, previously sailed waters

The Universe stands to applaud

 

In complete suspension; doctrine dissolved

Our integrity our integral second skin

The intention to live life fearlessly

The real purpose without and within

My rhyming week

Had a day off on Monday

Spent the morning in bed

Huddled under the covers

Flying dreams filled my head

 

Tuesday brought action

From the sweet break of dawn

I was up and was at ’em

Before the Westies could yawn

 

On Wednesday I re-acquainted

With a face from my past

Catching up on a decade

The gossip left me aghast

 

Thursday I treasured

In my role as an Aunt

Hours playing and chatting

My nephew sure can enchant

 

Had an early start on Friday

Making me yawn by midday

Requiring several expresso’s

To keep the tiredness at bay

 

Saturday was lovely

Just pottering at home

Spent the day in pyjamas

Didn’t wash, didn’t comb

 

Very social on Sunday

Several hours in the pub

Drinking far too much wine

Accompanied by great grub

Surrounded, yet separate

Is a well meaning gesture

A smile etched across lips?

Totally surrounded, yet separate

Standing hands upon hips

 

Neither broken, nor whole

As I wander unseen

Without thought, without direction

A confined quarantine

 

Day to day living

Weightless in its appeal

Not a slight indentation

Nothing left to reveal

 

Dreams far more engaging

Show futility in routine

Such meaningless chitchat

Forges a reality unseen

 

The depth that I seek

Once expectation is removed

Reveals the script of my life

Nothing needs to be improved

 

So I turn and look back

And take ownership of me

Releasing all that’s not mine

I become who I should be

A Shiny Smile ;)

Glancing in the mirror

I am greeted by myself

A shiny smile replies in kind

The true measure of my wealth

 

No longer scared to catch my eye

Or seeking imagined flaws

Reflecting light, the child within

Is ushered from distant shores

 

Not taught to look admiringly

Don’t stare! A rule of thumb

Told that self-love is a vanity

Others happy if you’re glum

 

Shallowness, an issue

When meaning is skin deep

Buying into a youthful currency

Not yet awoken from their sleep

 

Layer upon layer discarded

Beliefs strewn across the desk

Unshackled from my comfort zone

The outlook picturesque

 

Naked, my favourite outfit

Clothed only by my skin

Seeing essence beyond the atoms

The ethereal glow within

What a Fantastic Iydea!

This is a poem written about the most wonderful, award-winning, no frills vegetarian cafeteria in Brighton.

Situated on Kensington GardensNorth Laine

 

Lovingly prepared food

What a fantastic Iydea!

A true culinary delight

That deserves a big cheer

 

The big, breakfast plate

Is a vegetarian dream

Filling the emptiest of tummies

Splitting a tight-fitting seam

 

If you’re feeling adventurous

Like tastes out of the box

Then the poached egg combinations

Will completely fill your socks

 

If toast is the foundation

The bedrock of your snack

Their combination of toppings

Mean you’ll keep coming back

 

If simplicity is your style

They do wonders with fruit

Adding yoghurt and granola

Compote and syrup to boot

 

Now that’s just for starters

The clock’s not hit twelve

When the hunger pangs return

An appetite you can’t shelve

 

The lunchtime selection

Home cooked goodness galore

A vast selection of flavours

That guarantee you’ll want more

 

Salads of all varieties

All seasonal and fresh

And roasted root veggies

Topped with seeds and crème fraiche

 

Fruity cous-cous filled aubergine

With a beet, chilli slaw

Enchiladas and curries

Hang on, there is more!

 

There are freshly made juices

Fruit pulped, squashed and poured

To cleanse and invigorate

Your taste buds will applaud

 

If you’re not into savoury

And you’ve got a small gap

Their home-made cakes and slices

Are a sweet coated slap

 

Eating in or take away

Your soul and mind will be fed

The whole experience delightful

A Brighton gem to be spread