Homeless

Teenage pregnancy
single Mother
a shoulder to lean on
and she loves him
like an older brother
Homeless
a blanket spread on straw
upon the breast
her new born baby clings
the first millennium begins

Rainbow Nation

Place of Worship.

Sitting
in the chapel
within my soul
watching
the dawning light
illuminate
prismatic crystal walls

Bursting into colour
like wild flowers
greeting the spring

Here is enshrined
God's beautiful truth

"Peace and Reconciliation"

With God
With self
With those who love
With those who hate

This forgiving sun rises
with healing in it's wings

And by this light
even life's hard knocks
take on a rationality
Breaking
the outer facade
Letting in the light
uncreated.

In the Shadow

The Boy

E = M C 2

     E = Energy  M = McDonalds + C = Coke For 2

Albert and Mileva.

By 1914,  marriage to his wife of 11 years, Mileva was fast deteriorating. Realising there was no hope for their relationship on a romantic level, he proposed that they remain together for the sake of their children, but only if she agree to the following list of conditions.

Mileva accepted them, but to no avail. A few months later, she left her husband in Berlin and moved, with their sons, to Zurich. They eventually divorced in 1919, having lived apart for five years.

CONDITIONS

1. You will make sure:
1. that my clothes and laundry are kept in good order;
2. that I will receive my three meals regularly in my room;
3. that my bedroom and study are kept neat, and especially that my desk is left for my use only.
2. You will renounce all personal relations with me insofar as they are not completely necessary for social reasons. Specifically, You will forego:
1. my sitting at home with you;
2. my going out or travelling with you.
3. You will obey the following points in your relations with me:
1. you will not expect any intimacy from me, nor will you reproach me in any way;
2. you will stop talking to me if I request it;
3. you will leave my bedroom or study immediately without protest if I request it.
4. You will undertake not to belittle me in front of our children, either through words or behavior.

                                  A + B + C = D IVORCE

                    I feel strangely drawn to condition C 2

Mmm

Edinburgh Joke

Winner funniest joke of the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe:

 "Heard a rumour that Cadbury is bringing out an oriental chocolate bar. Could be a Chinese Wispa."

Not finding this funny, I thought of this one:

Q. What is an Edinburgh "Equilibrium"

A. The number of Trams in Edinburgh is equal to

The number of Range Rovers on Edinburgh Councillors driveways.

Martin Luther King Jnr

Czech Anti Roma Protests

BBC News Europe 25th august 2013.

 

 

Hundreds of far-right activists have staged anti-Roma marches in towns and cities across the Czech Republic.

In some areas, stones were thrown at police who responded with tear gas. At least 75 arrests were made.

Amnesty International expressed concern earlier this month over the planned marches, urging officials to protect the Roma community.

The Roma are among the poorest people in Czech society and Roma leaders often complain of endemic discrimination.

The worst clashes during Saturday's seven rallies took place in Ostrava and Ceske Budejovice, Radio Prague reported.

In both cities, the marchers left the approved route and tried to reach areas with large Roma populations.

The rallies drew counter-demonstrations, like this one in Plzen

In Ostrava, around 600 protesters pelted police with stones and at least 60 people were detained.

In the city of Plzen about 400 people took part in an anti-Romany march and about 15 arrests were made, local media reported.

Human rights activists staged counter-demonstrations in several cities including the capital Prague.

Earlier this month, Amnesty International warned that anti-Roma feeling in the Czech republic was getting worse.

"We have seen a deeply worrying trend over the past year with entrenched discrimination against Roma reaching new heights. This is a fundamental issue that the Czech authorities can't ignore," said Amnesty International's John Dalhuisen.

In 2010, four right-wing extremists were jailed for an arson attack on a Roma family in Vitkov in which a child was severely burned.

GOD IS IN ECLIPSE

Lost

In our lives in this world not everything that happens has an order or a purpose

within the lost gaps inexplicable tragedies befall us

and we cannot even begin to ask why because there is no why

we need order we need purpose we expect it we depend upon it

when the structures fail we seek answers but there is no answer

in our lives in this world there is a palpable forfeiture of order and of purpose

within the lost gaps there is no will there is no why there is no reason.

"For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost." Luke 19:10