"I Won't Fall For You" - written by D. Sarkar 9th December 2015

I'm falling for you
That high step at my front door
The cats bowl in my hallway
The loose rug on the floor

I'm falling for you
As I'm carrying food on my plate
Rushing from the kitchen
Because hunger cannot wait

But if I fall for you
I'll hurt my pride
I could fracture my hip
And I'll feel fear in my mind

I don't want to fall
No not for you
So I'll use a grab rail
Getting on and off the loo

I know I'm unsteady on my feet
So I must be careful on the stairs I climb
Using the banister for support
I'll take it one step at a time

When I sit down, I'll get in close
Until the backs of my legs feel the chair
Reaching for the arms I'll lower myself
Wherever I move I'll prepare

I refuse
To fall for you
My body has slowed down
So I must too

I love you my home
My place of comfort and peace
I'll be careful not to fall
And from fear I am released

”The Spear and the Staff” - Written by D. Sarkar 21st September 2015

So many people in distress

What difference can we make?

Those who are selfless feel helpless

In a World that needs a shake

People forced from their homes

Making dangerous journeys across the sea

Families live in poverty

People have nothing and are in need

Animals suffer cruelty

They are our companions

But rare species are being killed

So their hunter can feel like a champion

A shark’s fins are cut off

To make a tasteless and high-priced soup

Eating it only to show affluence

How low some people do stoop

Those that hunger for wealth

Allowing materialism to control

Hurting others for money and power

They drive a spear through their own soul

Turn that spear into a staff

Use it well and you will be supported

With it you are strong, you can go on

Guiding others whose happiness has been thwarted

Help yourself first

Then help others when you are able

Be kind to nature

These are changes we must enable

If you can help one, when they become strong

Then they could help someone else too

More people would benefit, life would be less shit

And the reason for that could be you

Reaching Serenity – Written by D. Sarkar 14th January 2015

He’s not like me

She’s not like me

I don’t like what they do

Their beliefs scare me

A man who dresses as a woman

A woman who acts like a man

A girl wants to marry her girlfriend

A boy wants to be called Marianne

She converts to Islam

Because it saves her

A born again Christian

Finds peace in his saviour

Black and white

Straight and gay

Atheist, God fearing and spiritual

We are all in play

The diversity in this world

Is what makes it exciting

We should not fear

We should all be uniting

Recognise similarity in others

Maintain your own identity

If we celebrate our differences

We will reach serenity