Sonnet

The roof lifted, I was told to get back in bed,
it wasn't my time, like M25 when I was nearly dead...

The year 2019-2020 has brought so many heartbreaks to so many people. And this sonnet is my prayer for the...

The table was set for two, Alice band and I,
still the same, never grown up, even time may fly;...

Da Vinci met Michaelangelo and Einstein together,
lifted his easel up which was as light as a...

Give yourself marks out of ten - no, not true,
of course, it might or may not apply to you;
...

Phaedrus asked: 'What is good and what is not good?'
I want to leave the same boat that we're all in...

She is the rock upon whom I rest
Truly I am blessed
- And very very lucky .

Dedicated...

A friend carries her heart around in a bag,
can raise it up if the spirits start to sag,
put...

Faintly through my frosty window pane,
The gentle carolers on the wind refrain.
My eyes...

My friends are in Africa, I'm stuck in the gloom,
that's the way it goes, their elephant in my room...

Remember your old bucket and spade, memories fade,
flags on the top, shells from where we used to...

I am lockdown indoors.
Surfing the internet floors
seated on the worn-out sofa.
Tattoo...

You're rich, fancy yacht moored bobbing in Monaco,
live in the tax haven, you sure go with the flow...

We step into a conduit of light,
It bends around time to the right.
Thought of a world;...

I'm a black man, I see people on the knee,
I drive down the road, may be stopped because it's me,...

Hope there's someone
​​​​​​..... and I hope you laugh
Just like in our worn, old photograph...

It had to be gold like the churches in Bali,
lovingly adorned with godlike serenity,
if I...