© Neil Hayes and neilhayeswrites
Enter at your own risk
Pacification is everywhere
Watch your step
Keep your elbows in
Those eyes and smiles
Can they be believed?
Is fun really to be had?
Yet I feel fierce
This is duty
For love and family
My tour ends soon
Will I have to return?
Or can I be free?
Words © Neil Hayes and neilhayeswrites
One day there is beauty, the next gloom. This season can make you bound with joy and amazement at our world, or it can bring you down and force you to mourn the passing of another summer.
But that is only if you let it. After all, life is about mindset and decisions. Do we allow the changes of seasons to influence us, or do we decide to influence ourselves?
Continue reading “Seasonal Feelings”
© Neil Hayes and neilhayeswriter
Inside, outside, there’s no escape. Everywhere I look. I’m surrounded.
Who to trust? Suspicion consumes me. Where can I go, to feel safe?
I turn down an alley, hardly able to breath. Pushing myself into a doorway where no-one can see me.
But there is still someone watching. I still feel consumed by terror.
Who can it be? Where are they?
Then, a realisation. Me. I’m the observer, the follower, the spy.
Who to trust? Trust no-one.
Doubt all, even self.
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© Neil Hayes and neilhayeswriter
Foreign.
What’s your first thought? The answer will tell you a lot about yourself. Does it strike you with fear? Or does it evoke a sense of wonder?
It covers most places in the world, most people, most everything. For me, the word evokes a feeling of curiosity and triggers the need to understand and learn. There is so much to learn and appreciate in this world. It doesn’t even have to mean leaving your country, although some people should definitely try this. There are things to learn on your doorstep, we are all foreigners to one another. There is another world inside each person’s mind.
But the further you move from home, the more variety you will find, and also be surprised by the similarities. Smell the air, it’s the same, but with a slightly different aroma. Taste the food, probably the same basics, but with a few additions which you wouldn’t have thought of. It’s the differences which make the world interesting.
It’s just a word but, for me, it stands for excitement. What does it mean to you? Take the test.
Foreign.
© Neil Hayes and neilsworldofenglish
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