2021 – Page 27 – George Ruddock

The Past

Recalling my past
So many memories
So many years gone so fast
Thankfully some full of victories

Trips to Ireland
As a child such a … Read the rest

Today is Polling Day
Place your cross
And have your say
Or democracy will suffer a loss

Pick a party, pick a name
You can … Read the rest

The bowling green is before us
A neat carpet of green
As far as I can see
And worthy of a Queen

Surrounded by benches… Read the rest

Today is an autumn day in May
So strange and bizarre
Certainly not one for a Bank Holiday
It’s really really not fair

But maybe … Read the rest

Bluebells surrounding our feet
As the forest whispers our names
So so far away from the streets
And the endless games

Birdsongs filling the evening … Read the rest

The clock of time
Ticks for us all
We are just actors in its pantomime
Waiting for the day it calls

We don’t comprehend
The … Read the rest

The fog of fear
Haunts your life
And whispers in your ear

Do you have the courage
To ignore voices
Of negativity and rage

The darkness in your mind
Poisons reason and logic
Open your eyes, don’t be blind
And make your thoughts magic

The darkness in your mind… Read the rest

I lost my soul
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Now out of control
And my heart just screams

We had the world before us… Read the rest

May is here
But where is the heat
By now cold should be in the past
And we could be out in the street