Sibilance

 

The shires bask serenely in the summer sun.

Streams flow smoothly down the green hillsides.

All is well with the world

As apple blossoms bloom.

 

Such peaceful scenes are soothing to the soul.

Spiritually uplifting: a sensual seduction

Of sight, sound and aromatic smells.

 

Snakes may hiss and stoats may snarl,

But nothing reduces this sense of peace and calm.

Assonance and sibilance flows as I scribe

My idle dreams upon this page.

 

It’s good to let your imagination loose

To planets out there amongst the stars

Or simply let it roam over the slumbering countryside.

Good to escape the struggles and strife

Of daily life.

Good to sleep easy

After meditating at our leisure

Refreshing ourselves with Mother Nature’s

Soothing Love.

 

Paul Butters

 

© PB 8\1\2022.

Possibilities

 (Picture Credit - Wiki)

 

Science suggests that when we die

We become no more than skeletons and dust.

But The Bible says we will end up

With God in Heaven.

Others believe in Reincarnation:

That we promptly return

As another being –

A person, animal or whatever.

 

But what if God lives in each of us

One at a time

For Eternity?

What if He or She (or Whatever) foregoes those “Super Powers”

To experience Mortal living

In these frail bodies of ours?

Over and Over

Without End.

 

Which raises the possibility –

A reminder of “Matrix”

And just a fleeting thought

That right now I could be “The One”:

I could be God.

 

Paul Butters

 

© PB 4\1\2022.

Assertive Equality

 

 

(Picture Credit - Equality Matters - BBC Worklife)

 

I am The King of All Existence.

Only I can Live this Life of mine.

So I have to be King.

 

Yet I choose to treat Everyone as an Equal.

That includes Kings and Queens and Presidents of State

Animals and Humans,

Rich and Poor.

Anyone Sentient.

 

I would like to be treated as an Equal in return

But know that could be

A Big Ask.

 

All I can do

Is work on People

To try to get them to be like me:

Assertively dealing with everyone else

As Equals.

 

We have to Work Together

As a Team

For The Common Good

The Wellbeing of All.

 

Is this too much to ask?

We will see.

 

Paul Butters

 

PB 1\1\2022.