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Points of View

July 15, 2020July 15, 2020 neilhayeswritesLeave a comment

The world is full of myriad opinions at the moment. Everything from Covid to Black Lives Matter elicit different points of view. Some of which are articulated in an extremely hostile manner. Nobody seems to be considering the fact that both sides of any argument could be correct, at least about something.

Alas, we seem to be living in a world where if a person says something you disagree with, then they must be full of shit about everything else too. Sorry about the language, but only that truly expresses the rage which you often see. The problem is that when we take sides we seem to assume that there are only two. But this is not a war between countries, or a sport, and this is not a two-dimensional world. Would you want it to be?

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The Fight

June 20, 2020July 15, 2020 neilhayeswritesLeave a comment

Blue and beaten down.
Sorrow cauterises my soul.
Else it could bleed out.
Can a man's essence bleed into the ground?
Not just the red, but the marrow of a man.
Harden, sear, and survive.
If that is the only way, is it worth the price?

Words © Neil Hayes and neilhayeswrites

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Swirling Inside

June 12, 2020June 20, 2020 neilhayeswritesLeave a comment

Numbed,
it's easier to hide.
Hidden,
you can't be seen.
Vision,
blurred by the overload.
Explosion,
it had to come.

Words © Neil Hayes and neilhayeswrites

Race and Helplessness

June 3, 2020 neilhayeswritesLeave a comment

How do you write about what has been happening in America as a white man? My helplessness and shock at what I have been witnessing are tiny feelings compared to the terror and anger which must be being felt by the black community there. I cannot even put myself into their place. It is simply an impossible proposition for any white person, and especially a man. You see, nobody judges me according to my skin colour. We are all judged in some way, but these verdicts come upon by others usually remain in their own minds. This has not been, and is still not, the experience for many people in the world.

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Havens of Nature

May 19, 2020 neilhayeswritesLeave a comment

Who else is missing nature right now? I know I am. During the current crisis many of us have had to become accustomed to spending more time surrounded by four walls. The problem is that what you do most of the time becomes the new normal, doesn’t it?

People are slowly beginning to emerge from lockdown in many countries, and in the Czech Republic most things are almost back to normal. One more week and most restrictions will have been lifted. One more week of face masks, at least the compulsory use anyway. One more week of no schools, until a weird sanitised form will be reintroduced for those who need it. One more week until people can really begin to relax. But will we?

Nature was supposed to be the escape during all of this. Get away from the town and get some fresh air. The problem is that everyone else felt the same desperation and before you knew it the forests were full and the town centres were empty. Then we faced a weird choice. If we wanted some freedom we actually had to return to the human creations, heading away from what should have been more natural.

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