Thoughtfulness

Picture by Zied Smida

In talking to myself today

I put behind my circumspection

That kind of to and froing

Losing sight of one’s direction

These get-together contacts

A purely one-on-one connection

Semantically coherent

With strong hint of predilection

Self-examining my innermost

Once again on deep reflection

I’m thankful for a change of mind

Brought about by introspection

The Struggle

Success is not an easy stroll

it never was nor ever shall

On purpose, if the chips are down

needs icy backbone spine canal

Willpower won’t be all you need

more how you walk a country mile

Always striving for a better way

on any given crooked stile

Receiving every trial and let-down

as much more than lessons learned

Fixing all those broken hearts

getting over being spurned

Overnight is insufficient time

for building sound defence

It will not sustain momentum

or give sufficient recompense

In the end when you look back on it

success was what you gained

By shrugging off the give in calls

moving onwards self contained


Wikipedia link below
Based on the life and times of Frederick Douglass

Holiday Money

Swapping UK pounds for Euros

A most suspicious thing to do

If you can’t attest your pedigree

Beyond all doubt that you are you

You may produce a debit card

Where transactions are recorded

But that is not enough oh no

Proof of you is not accorded

It is a punch below the money belt

This money-swapping quandary

So many gangsters on the high street

Out in public with their laundry

You can order cash the night before

Via debit card but no

You may not pick it up without

A passport/licence there to show

We’re not talking loads of money here

Less than a grand of local wedge

Nothing like a laundry basketful

From underneath a bandits hedge

Look at all those thieving scammers

Who major banks allow to flout

No passport cheque or driving licence

May drain you dry and left without

Notified

I’m setting down a message

Written specially for you

You can use it when you need it

If you can’t think what next to do

I want to make it brief and clear

Without cautions or commands

To help with freedom of expression

Or when surrounded by demands

No time to give you good advice

Or redirect your honest view

If fair and square are satisfied

Having wisely thought things through

Step wilfully at measured pace

Steer each day with steady hands

For building on your lessons learned

Is what the real you understands

Then perhaps one early morning

Enclosed in stillness with a smile

Take your turn to send a message

For someone new to feel worthwhile