happiness – Sailor Songs – Poetry from the deep..

Beautiful Thing

Wish me luck I must be doing something right As the quality of life improves The quality of my art declines Because it’s true what they say That art is pain That we bleed onto the page With our troubled souls and troubled ways – So that when the pain dries up A truly beautifulContinue reading “Beautiful Thing”

So It Goes

So it goes That misery flows Into the river of life Far and wide And no one is safe For rich and for poor Things get real With ruthless regularity Cancer, hunger, divorce Starving in Palestine Rotting in jail Starving in Yemen Living in squalor The devil finds a way Into every nook and crannyContinue reading “So It Goes”