If only…….

Following a Dream

Following a Dream

Following a path

                Towards a dream

                                Of harmony and fulfilment.

A course of peace

                Amid confusion

                                Devoid of lies and procurement.

A land of sunshine

                Joy and love

                                A delirious banishment.

Opher 20.1.2024

I always am an idealist, a utopian dreamer.

Together we are great – asunder beaten. We are divided by greed and malice.

But I can dream.

Life is compromise. Every day’s a battle.

Taipei – Taiwan – streets and parks

Under Threat

It seems positively dreadful to think that this peaceful modern country full of friendly, pleasant people, is under the constabnt threat of war.

We’ve seen this in Ukraine. It’s rarely the people who cause the trouble. I found the Taiwanese very welcoming. It’s nearly always the leaders who want a power struggle. It’s all about wealth and power.

Why can’t the Taiwanese live their lives how they want? Why does China have to impose itself upon them? What is that about? Doesn’t China control enough people? Isn’t China big enough? What is this all about? Surely Taiwan is no threat to China and never will be? Leave them alone!

We’ve seen what happens to Ukraine and Chechnia, Syria, Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan. War is an abomination. Haven’t human being evolved at all?

As for the beauty of Taiwan:

We had a great time there.

When somewhere is unfamiliar even the ordinary is exotic.

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Poetry – No War!! No War!!

No War!! No War!!

No War!!  No War!!

There is no war!

                That’s fake news!

To say there is

                Is worth fifteen years!

No War!!  No War!!

Controlling the narrative,

                Suppressing dialogue,

This is the truth!

                Shout the puppeteers!

No War!!  No War!!

Putin’s in control.

                Tanks and troops

Are peace keepers.

                Have no fears.

No War!!  No War!!

Destruction is from

                Ukranian insurgents.

Russians bring chocolate and hope

                (death and tears)!!

No War!!  No War!!

Opher – 5.3.2022

He who controls the narrative controls the people. The news is being suppressed, the people oppressed.

Putin and his oligarchs walk off with the cash while the people live in tiny apartments and eat boiled cabbage.

Communism was meant to be about equality! About the people being in charge.

This form of totalitarianism coupled with extreme inequality and a ridiculously wealthy elite is about as far away from communism as you can get. This is repressive totalitarian control.

The people are on the street. The hierarchy is crumbling fast.

The rat is trapped – a victim of his own greed and paranoia.

Peace from the Buddhist Temple in Penang

Peace is what we don’t have enough of!!