“MY DISABLED WORLD” – THREE MORE OF YOUR POEMS

For entries: poetry@disabilitytalk.co.uk

And when entering please let us know your favourite charity

THE CHARITIES THAT OUR POETS HAVE NOMINATED SO FAR

MS (twice); Cancer Research; Rutherford School; Crohn’s & Colitis; British Heart Foundation; SCOPE; Revialize; Shekinah; Versus Arthritis; WWF; Alzheimer’s Society; AMAZE; Sutton Nightwatch; Stepping Stone Theatre for Mental Health; BRAKE; MIND (three times); Children’s Hospice South West (Little Harbour); Independent Lives; SSAFA; MNDA and Bob Champion Cancer Charity.

Our Brave Hero…

If We could take it all away and do this in your place

If We could find a better way for these obstacles you face

If We could say the words to tell you that you are so brave

If We could find a right way for you to be standing at OUR grave

If We could lay there in your place  it would be how it should

If We could change the path you’re on We absolutely would.
But…
We can make your life complete and happy as can be

We can hold you in our arms and our love you can see

We can take you on adventures untold because you deserve the best

We can show you that life is not just pain, hospitals and tests

We can show you how to find wonder and say goodbye to your fears

We can cheer you on and help you through, whilst wiping away your tears

We will show you fun and laughter more than you can take

We will stand beside you and make you strong even if you break

We will show you no limits on this life for you deserve great times

We will stand here at your side and carry you in the climbs

Adventures await you darling boy, just as it should be

Life is short but fun, just you wait and see ?

Poem submitted by Tricy Wood – whose favourite charity is SSAFA

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Ready, aim, fire

Between the order and execution
the message scrambles.
Alerted neurones hesitate, confused,
as weapons jam, formations break,
scatter directionless and lost.
Command repeats: forces must regroup,
make ready, rally for The Push.
Synapses sizzle as a circuit wakes,
transmits instruction down the line:
lift – bend – step – replace –
shift weight – repeat
Neurones mumble mutiny –
a memory stirs: what next?
best foot forward – by the right
ADVANCE

Poem submitted by Lynda Turbet – whose favourite charity is MNDA

“A BETTER WORLD”

  Nobody is perfect,
That is a fact of living
Sad misunderstanding
Can foster great misgiving

But tolerance and common-sense
Will help to save the day
And calm a situation
To find a better way

In a patriotic nation
“Love of Country, Love of Life”
Has failed the test of history
And caused much human strife

 Jingoistic tendencies
All seem well and good
But are not the best examples
And can be misunderstood

The human race takes many forms
In many different states
Different colours, cultures, idols – To whom belief relates

                                      But we have one great thing in common                                     We live upon a star
Human beings thro’ Millennium
Know just were they are

Humanity has entity
And simply has to show
That we must live together
On this planet that we know

If the world could only see
What unity is worth
It could create, “Eureka”
The “United states of Earth”

Poem submitted by Paul Zetter CBE – whose favourite charity is:

Bob Champion Cancer Ccharity