
Looking back
I fell in love with my past self what a dreamer he was no lead in his head sleeping in a bed of roses Vivid dreams and a light that beamed from his heart a soulful child that had the wisdom of an old man or at least he thought it so Sowing seeds of […]

Out of the blue light into darkness
Somewhere At some point At around 2.40 in the morning Sitting in my cab I felt a form of happiness Of self achievement Like a happy drunk Like I had just defeated my worst enemy in a bitter battle And I had looked over them triumphantly Before staggering away Like a sadomasochist Like a hero […]

Back on the grind
Whenever I achieve a milestone I seem to get complacent. I end up getting comfortable and the incentive to grow is satiated. But whenever I’m threatened with failure – failure in achieving my ambitions, whether they are academic, physical or spiritual – I will do everything in my power to change the course of my […]

Death
The phrase ‘there are only two things certain in life: death and taxes’ is wrong. There’s only one thing certain about life, and that is death. Taxes are a man-made construct that some have never paid by virtue of their age or the society in which they have lived in. Death is for everyone. I […]

Aesop’s Fables in Modern Times
I recently purchased Penguin’s Little Black Classics Box set: it contains 80 books from the Penguin’s Little Black Classics series; featuring short works by a wide variety of authors. One of the books I have read is The Dolphins, the Whales and the Gudgeon by Aesop. Aesop was a well known Greek fabulist and storyteller born […]