Poetry – I Have Life

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I Have Life

I have life

And I’m gonna live it

I have dreams

And I’m gonna make them real

I have hopes

And I’m gonna realise them

I have love

And I’m gonna give it

I have time

And I’m gonna use it

Opher 7.10.2018

It seems to me that we are here for such a short while – then we are gone. I want to fill every second with love, wonder, awe and appreciation. I’m going to try to do everything I want to do. I’m going to strive to put right the things that are wrong. I’m going to make a difference.

Poetry – Looking Forward

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Looking Forward

I’m looking forward

With a good heart

And a wish,

To a day

When there is

A healthy dream.

I’m hoping

And breathing my wishes

Into the wind

With the desire

That they might

Bear fruit.

I’m in love

With the future,

With its ripe world

Of possibility,

In which all things

Are imaginable.

Hopes, dreams, desires, love

And wishes

Are all

I have to offer.

I crave

They are enough.

Opher – 13.5.2016

Looking forward

If we do not keep the hope alive then life is unbearable. We have to dream.

Somewhere in the future there has to be a life that is better than the one we live, a world that is fairer and less violent.

It is true.

If we measure ourselves against the past we see that we are not as cruel as we were. The bear-pits, and cock fights are gone. The brigands no longer pillage and rape. We no longer torture people to death or burn them at the stake. We have become more civilised.

The zeitgeist we build will be better. It is something to work for.

Before we destroy nature completely we may yet come to our senses.

Hope – You’ve got to have hope!

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In life you have to have hope; you have to believe that things can get better and that there is a way forward.

That gives us something to work towards.

I have hope. That is why I write.

I believe we all add to the zeitgeist of the moment. We can alter the world with our unified psychic energy.

Some would see that as spiritual. I’m easy with that.

Here are my top hopes for the future:

  1. We realise that we are destroying the planet and stop (no more deforestation, poaching, slaughter of wild-life, pollution etc.)
  2. We limit the numbers of humans on the planet to a manageable number – about 3 billion is a sensible number (birth control, pensions, welfare and child mortality addressed)
  3. We wipe out ISIS and other pernicious, intolerant, barbaric fundamentalist religions.
  4. We put an end to war and use the United Nations (freed from control by the stronger nations) to bring peace and enforce its charter of human rights.
  5. We end inequality and ensure all people are equally valued.
  6. We value all living creatures and stop their ill-treatment.

OK – that will do for starters.

I’m an idealist. I’m an optimist. I believe that we have to work towards these things over time. They are aims to strive for.

I am a pragmatist. I realise that the juggernaut of the huge capitalist/religious power-base does not want these things.

But I believe there are millions of us who think like me. We have the internet and zeitgeist. It is up to us to create a better future.

There is hope! We have to work for it!

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