December #4

You Should So Ask For Help ...

You should so ask for help

that a wind will rise from the stones

and swirl around you, buoyant:

a soft cloak, a raft of air,

a sweet in-rush of breath.

You should so ask for help

that rain will fall gently, washing

all debris away from your path,

so you walk forth unobstructed

raising your face to be bathed.

You should so ask for help

that the grasses will ripple before you

like waves of an earth ocean,

as they flatten to ease your steps

and spring back straight behind.

You should so ask for help

that the sun and all the stars

brighten and flare at your call,

and people around you suddenly smile 

as you yourself are warmed.

First you must ask for help

to ask in such a way — must ask

for the long slow gifts 

of trust and patience,

humility, strength, integrity.

Or find the quicker way:

pray to be an instrument

of Love, Peace and Truth. 

Create with these a vision so large 

that all you are and do is in its service.

Whether you sleep or wake,

speak or be silent, scratch an itch,

make love, argue, go shopping ...

the vision is more than you; it holds you,

contains and fills you — that one!

Be prepared for your vision to take

if need be, lifetimes, and leagues of angels.

Seek to enrol the whole world

on to your team. Ask for help....

Take heart. You should so ask.

— Rosemary Nissen-Wade

December #3

Ask for Help!!
A song for those struggling with the concept of equality

(To the tune of I Can Help - by Billy Swan)

If you don't know what to do

if you don't know what to say

if the main thought in your head is 'please make it go away'

ask for help

there'll be someone who can change things

ask for help

It would do you good

to do the things you should

so ask for help.

 

If everything you're doing

seems to turn out wrong

try taking some deep breaths and remembering this song

and ask for help

there'll be someone who can fix things

ask for help

You don't know it all

nobody ever could

so ask for help

 

When you go to bed at night you want to be able to sleep

Treating people properly is something that will always keep

your conscience clear...

 

So instead of trying to hide that you don't know what to do

Instead of fooling yourself that you can muddle through

ask for help

from the people who know best

ask for help

be better than the rest

It would do the world good

if you do the things you should

so ask for help.

 

Michele Brenton 25th December 2014
Merry Christmas!!

December #2

That's Enough Tough

When you break into tears

at Denpasar Airport,

because the pain in your ear

is an octopus-invasion of throb,

you have crossed the line.

Men stare, assessing.

Women don't cry, not here,

not ever.

One man tries to steal your backpack,

for you have given permission

by being vulnerable.

The official you ask for help

wishes to put you out of sight,

for adults don't cry,

and you must expect this sort of thing

as a strong woman travelling.

The airport medical staff

tell you to stop,

because it's not that bad.

No hospital for you.

Get on the plane.

You will be fine.

In the privacy of the aeroplane toilet,

you sag, and flush away all tags attached to you.

With what's left, you cry again,

afraid and alone.

The toughest act of all

is to say “I hurt",

and it's a badge of courage

to ask for help.

— Helen Patrice

December #1

e.g this is enough

Apt.

Beautifully put.

Concise, convex.

Drama dominates.

Everything expires.

Futures fizzle.

Grandiose, giggly, grunting.

Heavy-handed.

Interesting.

Just judicial.

Kitchenware.

Lampooning, lightness, & lexicon.

Magic.

Never? Not now?

Obtuse, obviously.

Patience!  Purity! Passion! Performance?

Quietly querulous.

Rubbish! (Roundly)

Sensible, sound and snappy.

Terrorism.

Uprisings, unguents.

Visual & Vital Verbs.

When?

Xasperating …

You?

Zithering …

That is enough.

Tough.

— Jennie Fraine