law

an edict, a decree

proclaimed and dictated

a whim: a writ

innocuous power

brutal simplicity

everything is legit

raids and crusades

bigotry and prejudice

and genocide

throughout the ages

and still the most

insidious weapon

D.I.R.E. - for JWF

In an age defined

By dogma and despots;

where destinies are determined

By the dictates of the deranged:

Death is desired.

We are ill-informed:

Believing in idiotic, imposed illusions

That insult intelligence

And inspire ideas of ill-intent

In the minds of the ignorant.

Thrice removed from reality,

Repeatedly stripped of any right:

We are religiously resigned

To the rape and ravages

Of the ruthless who rule.

Economically excluded ecological consciousness -

Empty the revolt without evolution -

Evanescent events erased entirely,

Elliciting empty echoes:

Energy expires evoking an end.

Parkie Gedagtes

Julle ken teen die tyd vir my...

We’ve walked a lekker padjie together this far

from one gesȇls with one to two to us few

over time and meetings ill-attended

for all the obvious reasons

en nog gesȇls en ‘n biertjie en kak praat

ons is nou hier

the moment of action that all of that time

created.

We’ve talked the good talk

and now its that time where talk won’t do

when excuses won’t cut it

and action will define this thing that we call

Suurbraak Parkie.

Julle ken teen die tyd mekaar...

We’ve talked a lekker gedagte this far

from one idea to a few to this all

this time your presence is primary

for all the obvious reasons

en nog ‘n dag en hard werk en ander kak

praat ons nie meer nie

the moment of action is all of time

manifest.

We’ve talked the good talk

and now its that time where talk won’t do

when excuses won’t cut it

and action will define this thing that we call

Suurbraak Parkie.

“respect-reflect”

in f-act

a most fitting expression

of love the metaphorical

a thorn and a rose

this Love denied

again the cliché

“If you love something...”

you returned

witness to a better me

than i have ever been

and you

everything and more

i am sure

than what I sensed

as a child of five

who was all of me

once too

now in these moments

there is an ‘all of me’

witnessing all of you

abject submission:

me and my ego

and YOU my friend...

ek in elk

siel verwand

een heelal

bring ons terug

na self

te veel bekke

wat klets

en iets te sê

het net

reach

reach out

new highs

engaging expression

een twis

word bewus

van ekke

in ander

een twis

gerus

FOR SHOM

life is so much

more than what we think

or what we do

living seperates us

from what

we could have been

the final destination

death’s lasting embrace

we forget for a moment

the differences

trivial and profound

we remember for a moment

wholding

(pic credit - MDB)

in your gaze

i am once again able

to see more of me

embracing all of you

the quintessence within

our pasts’ stories

etched upon our skins

scars caressed

tender kisses

memories of tears

in laughter

we grow knowing

yesterday’s fragility

tomorrow’s wholding