A collage of my day.....

Remembrance Day service at the church where I had to read a beautiful poem [ see below] , then the afternoon spent discussing the changes we are planning for our kitchen , dining room area followed by an emergency visit to the vet with Kuala who had been vomiting again. Vet thinks it is probably constipation so here's hoping she's right!

Say ‘no’ to peace
If what they mean by peace
Is the quiet misery of hunger
The frozen stillness of fear
The silence of broken spirits
The unborn hopes of the oppressed.
 
Tell them that peace
Is the shouting of children at play
The babble of tongues set free
The thunder of dancing feet
And a father’s voice singing.
 
Say ‘no’ to peace
If what they mean by peace
Is a rampart of gleaming missiles
The arming of distant wars
Money at ease in its castle
And grateful poor at the gate.
 
Tell them that peace
Is the hauling down of flags
The forging of guns into ploughs
The giving of fields to the landless
And hunger a fading dream.
Brian Wren