Views in Verse - on teamwork

Why do we try so hard to succeed on our own?

'Oft-seen faces'

Sitting on this craggy ridge...

Gazing at my fallen bridge...

The weather's hit me hard this year...

Not sure where to go from here?

Take this rambling road, our sole traverse

Has a mind of its own and a devils curse

Some days I have what it takes I'm sure

but others...

Well ...I'm not so sure

When it's not the floods

it's the constant sun

40 plus brings you right undone

Just reaching the cattle's often tough

Priming them ...I can't do well enough

Can I take this another year?

What will the banker say I fear?

These are times that stop you dead

And cop-outs nag 

So deep in your head:

Is there a fortune to be had?

Would my life be rich and glad...?

In shiny cars in far off places?

Save this farm and these 'oft-seen faces'?

(but you know...)

Surrender is for mugs & fools...

What use downing trusted tools

Where barriers may block our way

Belief arrives with the coming day

And although life can torment you

these 'oft-seen faces' see you through

They will always sustain you

The ones you love will see you through

Grahame J Flynn - Sent from my iPhone

Views in Verse on 'the importance of chance'

Chance

Chance is your weapon in life
To willfully ‘have a go’
If you’re not willing to ‘break that mold’
You’ll never ever know
Just how full your given life can be

Time is a bandit
With no comfort spared to share
Expecting us to confront ‘our lot’
‘Step outside the square’;
Contentment’s most accessible to the free.

The wary, far too often
Are frozen by reserve
Window’s close too quickly
A slave to one’s own nerve
Making it far too easy to forget...

‘Down the road’ they will challenge
Through much more seeing eyes
“Did you chance to chase that prize …?”
“Take the risks that realize…?”
“No remorse …no excuse …no regret”.

From my desktop Grahame J Flynn Views in Verse

Views in verse on equal rights

Views in verse on equal rights

The gay marriage bill was this week passed into law by the Australian parliament

It has become trendy to ALWAYS say "this is a journey, not a destination" but NO this WAS a destination!!!

Right of Passage

It's your time
Lovely boy
your hard work's almost done
Acceptance wasn't easy
in a school designed for some
Your progression has been honest
Your plans so well thought through
Adulthood came quickly
from your trials

Yet it'll take time
Lovely boy
to see a fairer state
In a society
designed just for some
Why do politicians we elect
hide so well from truth?
Can we allow this
mere 'opinion on the run' ?

Own the space
Lovely boy
look to those who lead
Accept things you can't change
yet fight for what you need
Equal rights are there for all
no matter how it often seems
Don't let anybody
keep you
from your dreams!!!

Forwarded from my iPhone - Grahame J Flynn Views in Verse

View in verse on perspective

Views in Verse - on perspective.

Work / home life balance is about the most important thing in life. Not many of we men do it as well as we really would like... it takes us quite a few years to realize it though!

These Days

Bright lights may tempt your fate
the road brings sights unseen
Each new day sharpens the senses
success brings valleys green

Opportunity comes far a-field
travel's my constant friend
Yet solace dumbs sincerity
The truth is there to bend

How many times can you bury your head
at the end of a working day
Having given your time to people and place
and anything that will pay?

These days a lotta time goes by
Where you just don't say
what you feel
But with every turn of the road
and every tug at the wheel
I'm going back to what is real

My life has been a whirlpool
Where I've mixed both right and wrong
As the road has been my driver
I've learnt to play along

Given all of this
my family has waited
at the end of an endless queue
Where priority fools intention
and good men found are few

So how many times can you bury your head
at the end of a working day
Having given your time to people and place
and anything that will pay

These days a lotta time goes by
Where you just don't say
what you feel
but with every turn of the road
And every tug at the wheel
I'm going back to what is real

Earlier today
I came upon some people
Up on a rugged mountain bend
Huddled around a biker
who came to a sticky end

Got me to thinking
Of life and death
And all that comes between
Makes you wonder
what it's all about
...what life really means?

As I drove away
I swore that
this month will be my last
Chasing orders
on outback roads
My tour of duty past
My tour of duty past

These days a lotta time goes by
Where you just don't say
what you feel
but with every turn of the road
And every tug at the wheel
I'm going back to what is real
I'm going back to what is real

forwarded from my Iphone - Grahame J Flynn Views in Verse

Views in verse on 'power, abuse and its unseeing victims'

Views in verse on 'power, abuse and its unseeing victims'

"It took Ridley Scott two weeks to totally edit Kevin Spacey out of his movie" -newslink 2/12/17

Is there any good news here ...seriously? You have an industry that has profited so heavily on this flawed man for decades but they can't any longer, he is now 'unsaleable'...they 'heroically' cut the cord'.So as to now do the 'so called - right thing?'. Something they should have done YEARS before. Mulholland Drive lives! The unanswered question: what changes will they make in the future? Any comparisons here to 'The Church' and its institutionalized endemic child abuse? Should we seriously despair for the values of the western world? Will we? ...I think not.

Is God in ...?

I drove off today in search of the
day I lost
Somewhere the night before
Fifty miles on I stop...
Fifty miles from my door

I carry too a passenger
who is eating me alive
Running from yourself
Sure isn't easy...
all I could do was drive

I get out by a picket fence
Reflecting lives lived once within
Little to say but
Front door open ...back door too
Spirits left cold therein

Cross after cross pock this town
outnumbered
only by stray dogs
Precious little life
in this park here either
Save the crumpled 'wino' logs

A preacher calls
"there's comfort here"!
Hard to believe by his grin
Everyone playing on
something special on
evil, guilt or sin.

How desperate am I
to tackle this state...?
I gotta lead with my chin
But before I enter...
I can't help but ask
"...is god (really) in?"

"In fact...
Why not take me to him now?
He must be aware of my state
I have some issues
That we must address
best handled face to face"

"I'll tell him true of my own view
that all the world's in pain
Misguided, lost,
and disconnected,
bent on personal gain"

I ask the thoughts then
of a nearby woman
Just to get me back on track
She confides:
"fact is man ...I only come here
for the soup that's out the back"

As I join the queue
a guy demands
"First we need to know
where you're from...?"
"And look ...for a 'fair price' son
we can send some product along"

Then he says:
"trust in God
and you will never ever fear"
To this I reply:
"I feel your hype my friend
but if salvation's really near..."

"My maker must have a halo bright
Something I can aspire to...
I've been searching...
Yeah, I've been searching...but
There's nought like that round here"

And to what avail?
I challenge myself...
To find someone who'll listen...?
Intervention must start with me
To free me from this prison

Cold stone arches
Hold little appeal
in taming an untamed head
And taking the easy road
is...'easy '
Time after time instead...

I slip into a strip bar
two doors up
to find a smile for the road
Didn't find a smile...no...
Not at all
But I sure enough dropped my load

Not much left of this 'goddam' day
Dusk dim
the falling sun's rays
I ask a street kid
for directions
He manfully shows me the way

Forwarded from my I-pad - Grahame J Flynn Views in Verse

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