Views in Verse on Success

A road to wherever…

What is the road to success?
Does ambition mean ‘the corner office’?
Or, perhaps to ‘work in a refugee camp’?
Commercial leaders, it is said, ‘live-life alone’.
Is ambition measured by ‘climbing the ladder’?
Or will taking-care of others be the prime role?
Is a pre-determined ‘path to success’ the answer…?
Or ‘getting the most out of life’ the main goal?

Some people aspire to little (it may seem)…
Just to be left to their own worldly devices
While passion for some can be so overwhelming
They simply ‘trust intuition’ then ‘go’.
Whatever the answer it involves some questions
About what one considers to be …‘right’?
A life grounded in some belief in social justice or
Should the tiger care-less about the sheep in the fight?

Life is often considered a journey
A passage from A to Z
Yet, really it is iterative, a circle,
Our actions clear enough to us in our heads.
So, in time, we alone will judge our success
Of that one can’t deny;
While our ‘road to wherever’ begins early
Something we’ll reconcile often ...before we die.

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Views in Verse on faith, finality & foregiveness

Faith, Finality & Forgiveness

Politician, lost at the sphincter of life
Fighting hard to pass on through;
The laird’s answer a simple but firm denial.
Corrupted by life itself
Stilted fate, rusted gate
And values surely broken....

A beggar spoke: "I’ve suffered long
While traveling here
In search of someone who's kind."
"The search for it alas
Has cost me my faith,
Despairing too in my place and time".

A preacher now lurched between the two
Seeking loose alignment...
"My friends, once I had a key but I'm sorry I maligned it."
"Help me now to find a way...
Compass lost, my breast is crossed
Prayer alone can help me find it".

The politician searched his pockets deep
T'was nothing there he offered,
The moment full sweaty with indignity.
The beggar in turn growled
Such the clang of the moment terse;
Suppliant words uttered in contrition
...irreverently.
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Views in Verse on Responsibility

Views in Verse on Responsibility

JUSTIFIABLE CARELESSNESS

Is there anything quite as vulnerable
As the last child crossing the road?
Society comes as a triumph to all, less one,
The dispossessed wander off alone.
Is ‘justice for all’ just a pipe-dream?
Dark chasm, maybe a lie?
Is there anything more uncaring,
Threatening, contrived
Than the wink in a politician’s eye?

Do we need to callously use
Fear as a weapon …?
A peep behind a veil
May only expose a tear.
Is there a path beyond detention…?
Is there love for the gay we hold?
Can we assume that people
Simply make it on their own?
Are we protecting due rights of the old?

Does the media care at all for justice?
Or is indifference the palette they choose?
Feigned reality always has it's own killing field
Is truth the real victim of our news?
When we choose our leaders
Do we search at all for integrity?
A key ingredient …down the road
The alpha wolf always leads from the rear
Never leaving the weak exposed.

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Views in verse on providence

Views in Verse on providence

The Light

Beauty so surrounds us

Are our eyes too dumb to clearly see?

What is this makes such dazzling light 

Lo, turn to dark on me?

Even when the sky’s on fire 

After a warm baked summer’s day

How cannot the entendant joy 

Well keep the doubt at bay?

When there’s life in every pore…

So rich in loves galore…

Gentle breeze and deep blue seas do woo

Look away, see a sure-path, well-lit for you!

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Views in Verse on: power corrupts!

CONGRATULATIONS to the AFL on their stance regarding senior executives abusing the DEPENDENCY of junior staff members in their ranks!!!

I have watched the Seven West, CEO/ media circus/courtroom matter with interest these past few weeks and the logical conclusion to this now appears to be that the now penniless woman involved was a 'natural predator'. This of course being brought to bear by a bevy of expensive lawyers ...hmmm. It may be true, may, ...but nevertheless how can we interpret the actions (sub judice) of Mr. Worner? Was this ok?

The level of competence, including responsibility, required to run major business operations is immense. Part of what they MUST demonstrate at all times in such positions is to act appropriately. POWER is a curse in the hands of the wrong people. We see this demonstrated on a daily basis in world affairs. It is further no different in the business world.

Accountability is the ultimate yardstick. Just as we see too with our elite sports people; they must be held to account for their PERSONAL behaviour whether at work or not!!! It comes with the role; to be upheld 24x7.

Further, governance by boards, in these matters, must also be held under the spotlight to ensure that there is regular compliance in what most of us would consider as 'doing the right thing'. Sadly, the values espoused by most corporations are only window dressing and only carry related lip-service. 

Power corrupts!

Well done AFL, both Board & CEO!