THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem

Rob Ayling, yer Gonzo Grande Fromage, 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 Thom's poetry tapes and guest appearances with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth and 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 within 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?"

SELECTIVE VISIONS

BLOOD RED DATA DRONES IN

Another bombing in another Temple/school/marketplace

We are living a peaceful life.They seek "soft"targets

Then when medics come to heal/a secondary wave

This is not our world.We are civilians.

All these arms and subsequent prosthetics

All these wars upon the wrong people

We are able to play together without weapons

We deputize "peace"officers to "keep the peace"

Something in the training?that any response is fatal?

A start would be gardens.Forests.Community Plots.

Energy seeks release-if not in harvests then in horror

Storms come but we are waves away.Connection

is when we seek to add to each other.Sit and listen.

Conduct ourselves as grass and water and trees and birds do-

to just be ourselves among our species-and to build..