Birthday Blues

Gold cherry

By Ewan

Sat, 14 Mar 2026
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6 comments
 

I was made by these times:

difficult, drowning in doubts,

conflicts around every corner ...

The world turns,

I turn, 

         turn, 

                turn:

look for the exit, it's coming up fast

 every year might be the last. 

  There are wars - not mine.

    Mine was cold, a world in stasis.

      All wars are hot now,

        they might be winnable

         - but how? 

I've made it this far -

who thought I would                       [not me]

I was the fool

who thought he could                     [and did]

 

I was made for these times,

they are "interesting" 

- I thank the Chinese curse -

I dare not say, "they could be worse.
 

Music drowns the noise

from all the fools and bully boys,

fingers on the buttons of their dangerous toys:

ours appal us, but we voted them in,

the men with no shame, or concept of sin. 
 

Some day the music won't be loud enough. 

 

 

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Comments

Submitted by drew_gummerson on

Happy Birthday Ewan and well said. I really enjoyed this. It's our Pick of the Day. 

 

Submitted by insertponceyfre... on

'I dare not say, "they could be worse.'

Good move! Happy birthday

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Happy Birthday Ewan!

"I dare not say, "they could be worse." made me smile, too

I hope you got a lovely walk in the sunshine with your dog to cheer you up

 

Submitted by lenchenelf on

Interesting times indeed, some so awful that it robs us of speech to encompass the enourmity of that which overwhelms  in our seeming futility.

Timely and taut.

Hope you found some personal joy on your day, music need not be loud to bring light and succour of spirit. Onward.

best to you

L

 

Submitted by celticman on

anything blue is anaethema, but so is the orange one. We can even get nostalgiaic for a cold war. 

 

Submitted by Turlough on

I often use my Nan's old saying, 'worse things have happened at sea' but it didn't go down too well when I was working on ships and we were actually at sea. Consequently it's been a long time since I last worked on a ship.

It's good to know that it's not just me that's thinking that now the Cold War's over we can crack on with the hot wars. 'How would you like your war sir?' I hear the politicians ask.

But there is going on in the world to trouble us, I wish you a long and happy birthday.

Turlough