I wrote this piece on the 12th September 2013 and it’s clear that I was still thinking intensely about the remembrance and anniversary of ‘9/11’ the previous day.

‘DENIAL’ 

(knowing so much yet understanding so little)


‘I’VE JUST RETURNED FROM A BRISK LITTLE WALK IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WHERE I HAPPENED TO NOTICE TWO RATHER PLAIN, (BUT BRIGHT-EYED) GREY DOVES ON THE TARMAC, NODDING THEIR LITTLE HEADS AT EACH OTHER & INDICATING TO THE UNEXPECTED PUDDLE OF WATER IN FRONT OF THEM….. I COULDN’T HELP BUT THINK HOW SHORT THEIR LIFE SPAN WAS, AND YET, HOW THEY HAD MANAGED TO REACH SUCH MATURITY AS FAR AS THEIR EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE WAS CONCERNED. THEY WERE PLANNING A MORNING DIP INTO A DELIGHTFUL LIQUID POOL THAT REFLECTED THE BLUE SKY AND A FEW DRIFTING CLOUDS…….

WHILST ELSEWHERE, IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE, ARROGANT, ‘INTELLIGENT’ HUMANS, ARE SCHEMING AND PLOTTING TO WIPE OUT OR MAIM THEIR OWN KIND, WITH-OUT EVER HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE OR SHARE, THE GIFTS OF NATURE WITH EACH OTHER. ‘