THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem

Rob Ayling writes: 

"Thom the World poet is an old mate of mine from way back in my history. Even pre-dating Voiceprint, when I was running "Otter Songs" and Tom's poetry tapes and guest appearances with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth, Mother Gong are well known and highly regarded. It just felt right to include a daily poem from Thom on our Gonzo blog and when I approached him to do so, he replied with in seconds!!! Thom is a great talent and just wants to spread poetry, light and positive energy across the globe. If we at Gonzo can help him do that - why not? why not indeed!!" (The wondrous poetpic is by Jack McCabe, who I hope forgives me for scribbling all over it with Photoshop)

BLOOD ON THE MOON

WHERE AN ASTRONAUT FELL

You can see it from here

when rust red bushfires burn

our image of what we think we see

into red scar patterns of what is

Like Pyramids on Mars

animals on planets/shades and shapes

play tricks with us as we see

what we think we saw before-guilt,embarrassment

when the ones we ridicule/laugh at our mirrors

Projection of shadows and wounds and scars

cripple our future walking /Moon and Mars must wait

for us to heal our little Earth(home of our birth)

before we fly into the dream of "All Is Forgiven"