The Reckoning

Bosham Woe

Bosham Woe

Bosham Hoe is a wealthy 1930’s estate of detached family houses/mansions on the edge of the beautiful Chichester Harbour. But when the children leave home, the elderly are left alone – with their memories, isolation, and worries. So this is a tale of loneliness amongst the aged middle class.

Pity the aged body

Pity the aged body

We all wither and die – it is the natural process. But there is often an unwillingness to admit that truth. So this rhyme attempts to confront that reality; it is a call for acceptance of the passing of time, and the fact that one generation has to dies out to be replaced by another. That may be ‘sad’ but it is the natural order of things.

Redemption

Redemption

A Slobadon Milosovc, Sadam Hussein, style of mass-murderer is facing execution and prays for his lost soul. He knows his body will not survive, but he wonders whether his cursed soul can ever be forgiven?

The Angel Cries

The Angel Cries

A bit heavy this one – it is about the death of a child (‘when a child dies, the Angel cries’). It tries to capture the despair and grief of every parent’s nightmare. A difficult topic to write about.

The Fallen Man

The Fallen Man

A story of trying to ‘find yourself’ through religion, or drugs. But the narrator, now with his body wrecked, decides that the way to find yourself is not through external stimulants, but through internal peace – you can find yourself by just ‘being’.