Syria

Syria, synonymous with suffering.
Shelling, killing, people wailing.
None working for healing.
The world simply watching.

People fleeing,-as refugees living.
Neighbouring nations never welcoming.
Morning, noon and evening.
Pass on without meaning.

RELATIONSHIPS

Some we make as we enter the world,

For a while they remain our world.

Then they start to twist and turn,

They're not pleasant, we soon learn.

Some we make inadvertently in childhood,

Few, we keep at later times, rest we shed.

Some we work hard at making and keeping,

Later we wonder if they are worth keeping.

Very few we make based on ‘nothing’ really,

Expecting, demanding and wanting nothing.

Them that accept you just as you are –really,

Listening and reprimanding yet never judging.

These stand the test of time and grow,

Deeper and firmer when you hit a low.

Lean on these in confusing times,-and ignore

The ones that faded over the times.