We need peace,not just for our survivalbut because there is a reason,a deeper purpose behind us being hereand it’s that we demonstrate to ourselves,the universe and anyone else who is interestedthat love, life and free will are not incompatible,it’s been a long and difficult courtship but nowwe need to start thinking about the marriage,so much dependsContinue reading “Every star”
Author Archives: david davidson
Who knows?
Who would have thoughtthat there’s a billion timesmore love around usthan there is pain within us?Who would have thoughtthat belief is the lightning rodthat connects the two together? Who understands that to know lightyou must first know your darknessor that pain is for the momentand love is for ever? DF. W-S 2024 XXXV/IV
Giveaway
Love isn’t therefor you to barter with,to be hoarded in a relationshipor to be doled out to others like party favours,it’s there to fill your heart first, then fill your house,then blow the windows out and fill the world,a world in which the only reasonfor having anything good is to give it away. DF. W-SContinue reading “Giveaway”
Burning world
Once upon a timethe only thing thata little man like mewould have to worry about waswhat was happening in his village,these days all the little people on the earth,every one of us, feels as if they have the weightof a burning world on their shouldersand that there’s almost nothingwe can do about it. So brothersContinue reading “Burning world”
Midwinter
It’s midwinter,it’s getting dark by threeand yesterday was bitter cold,in the evening all I want to do is go to bed,put the lights out and feel the weightof your body next to mine,listen to the rhythm of your breathing as you sleepand remember that I am a very lucky man. DF. W-S 2024 XXXV/I
Breeze
I’m walking through the park,on the morning of myseventieth birthday. Before I got upI lay in bed in the warmth,the quiet and the darkness ofour room for an hour or more thinkingabout things, nothing special, just thinkingas I drifted in and out of sleep. Now as I walk I can feelthe breeze blowing clear throughContinue reading “Breeze”
Thy will
I’m seventy years old today,I’ve had my three score years and ten,from now on the rest is yours. DF. 29-3-2021 1494
Contemplation
It’s warm and darkout here this morning, just a light breeze,as I crest the hill, my feet silent on the path,the city lights spread out before me,there, sitting quietly on the grassis a fox taking in the view. As I pass by he looks over his shoulderand we acknowledge one another,then he turns back toContinue reading “Contemplation”
An ordinary man
I’m just an ordinary man,filled with the same fearsas I imagine everyone else is,but like I imagine everyone else is I’m only broken at the edges,inside there’s a light that can see overthe horizon of my fear to the good in others,it’s the best thing in me, the best thing in all of us. DF.Continue reading “An ordinary man”
Courage
I think of allthe empty placeswhere nobody ever goes,places that slowly fill with secretswhich are tended by the spirits of the deaduntil the people they belong find enough courageto bring them home to their hearts again,home to all of our hearts, where theycan make us strong and fearless,as we were alwaysmeant to be. DF. 19-2-2021Continue reading “Courage”
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