I ever came first
in class
at School
was a religious
education task
writing an essay
on belief in God
I came across it
the other day
in my late Mothers
papers
she'd kept it all
those years
a teenagers
view on religion
I remember
the crowd
smarts
my #consolation
class prize
#vss365
I ever came first
in class
at School
was a religious
education task
writing an essay
on belief in God
I came across it
the other day
in my late Mothers
papers
she'd kept it all
those years
a teenagers
view on religion
I remember
the crowd
smarts
my #consolation
class prize
#vss365
brought up
to be #chivalrous
no everybody
likes it though
I stopped
to help a disabled man
cross the street
with many cars passing
I'm perfectly able to
cross the road myself
he said
I like
to open the door
for anyone
let them go first
many's the time
they've made me
go first
#vss365
brought up
to be #chivalrous
no everybody
likes it though
I stopped
to help a disabled man
cross the street
with many cars passing
I'm perfectly able to
cross the road myself
he said
I like
to open the door
for anyone
let them go first
many's the time
they've made me
go first
#vss365
say
this is the #last
days
of us
humans
the end is
nigh
they cry
maybe it is
maybe it isn't
who knows
it's the first
day of Advent
today
the first candle
stands for hope
none of us
hope for
that final judgement
do we
we just try our best
day by day
and then
life's over
live on
#vss365
we headed
South
for the funeral
I read
my #reflection
on his young life
tripping slightly
on the podium
like all
the other
speakers
bar his daughter
I watched
the front row
of those
mourners
knowing their pain
I was present
feeling the pain
but my tears
had passed
weeks before
#vss365
we headed
South
for the funeral
I read
my #reflection
on his young life
tripping slightly
on the podium
like all
the other
speakers
bar his daughter
I watched
the front row
of those
mourners
knowing their pain
I was present
feeling the pain
but my tears
had passed
weeks before
#vss365
#achievable
if you're
a mother
wanting to save
her only child
almost
anything
lifting a car
hard to believe
but true
for you
and me
it's
more difficult
based
on ability
and motivation
perhaps genetic
disposition
but the new
wave
was only interested in
the mantra
sad
#vss365
#achievable
if you're
a mother
wanting to save
her only child
almost
anything
lifting a car
hard to believe
but true
for you
and me
it's
more difficult
based
on ability
and motivation
perhaps genetic
disposition
but the new
wave
was only interested in
the mantra
sad
#vss365
second part
of a SMART
target
my colleague Geoff
asked
moronic
I said sarcastically
he didn't laugh
he was one
of the new breed
of new managers
who talked
about
our professional service
being more robust
#measureable
he scorned
I remember
the year
our service went down
yup
#vss365
second part
of a SMART
target
my colleague Geoff
asked
moronic
I said sarcastically
he didn't laugh
he was one
of the new breed
of new managers
who talked
about
our professional service
being more robust
#measureable
he scorned
I remember
the year
our service went down
yup
#vss365
South on Friday
for a funeral
a sudden death
#transported
upwards
I'm reading
one of my poems
go gently
#vss365
South on Friday
for a funeral
a sudden death
#transported
upwards
I'm reading
one of my poems
go gently
#vss365
remember
your
NI #number
if not
move
to section 2
can
you remember
your phone number
backwards
if not
move to section 3
can you remember
the last four PMs'
if not
move to section 4
can you remember
what you had for
breakfast
and if you say
porridge
dial
the emergency
number 999
#vss365