You Stole From Me!

YES YOU DID!

Jus cos u’ve rationalised it in ur ‘ead

Don’t make it true

We all have flights of fancy

You know you cheated

Every fibre, every sinew in your bones

knows its true

But you excuse it

Cha!

Bomba-clat! Ras-clat!

You have reaped where you did not sow

You have gained where you did not earn

You have profited where you did not sweat

You took another’s energy

Blood, sweat and future

And smiled at your cleverness

You stole moments, you stole dreams

YES YOU DID!

You stole and crushed somebody’s spirit

Jus cos u could!

You have no shame,..

You tried to rewrite the past

When others wondered how you came to acquire all your finery

You hoped no-one would notice

You lost old friends and gained new one’s too shy to tell you the truth of your duplicity

What a pity

And for what?

Most think you can’t harm a fly

But if they only knew!

Phew!

Your spirit Is unclean

Your God has deserted you

And you wonder why so many ill’s

befall you?

Look in the mirror

Do you like what you see?

Or are you so far gone you can’t see the skies for the trees?

Your smiles are not heartfelt

You are unclean

Oh what a shame, the prize of fame!

Yes fame!

You might think fortune smiles on you

But you are so wrong

You Stole From Me

You will never benefit from your infamy

No-one ever does

You took from me

When you should have been grateful for me

I helped shape your life

You can run, but you cant hide

Your sins are clear for all to see

For my sins I have atoned and I can testify

That God is great

My God is GR8!

What will your God say when you come to atone?

For You Stole From Me!

YES YOU DID!

*For the stolen,... for Africa

These words belong to me, I am not interpreting am only presenting!

Remember: runningwater cannot be stopped, it will overflow, it will wash and help cleanse you sole!

( yeah I know it’s SOUL, but think about it )

senu

Senu a Roma. 20061228

today I learnt that the things you say

have a deep and profound effect on my heart

so,

must I become guarded?

into a thousand pieces I see them break

a multitude of puzzles unravelled

today I learnt to love

learning only

that I have always known

how to love

i was merely seeking a soul

worthy of receiving

my loves unerring welcome

today I found solace in my solitude

and in so doing

I found peace

today I asked myself

if I love you

the answer resonates with the coolness of the breeze

and resolutely the stars proclaim Gods peace

i love

and so I have become loved

i am unworthy

so worthy I thus become

i have grown to be a man

though a boy i never was

i have known the steal pleasures of loves embrace

yet i lie within the calmness of Gods warmth

I am armed

yet defenceless i appear

seeming helpless

yet so strong

my spirit proclaim you

each day it brings me closer to you.

Roma. Italy – my thoughts on life and destiny upon completing the teachings of Paulo Coelho’s –the alchemist. ( essentially the treasures you seek is within you and around you. Your destiny is yours to grasp, all you have to do is to claim it. Fear not, for fear drives the fire of ambition ,..it keeps you alive )

Always judge a book by its cover special case -Kameron & Klegg

Always judge a book by its cover special case -Kameron & Klegg

Before the recent election I warned everybody in my blog about voting for the Con-servative party. My hypothesis was based on nothing more than the name by which they are known. Let me break it down.

Con – ( I think you get my drift )but I will elaborate later. Serve ( a little bit more difficult but its more obvious than we might think ) and finally the word as a whole: Conservative:- to uphold, preserve, hold on to, keep in place.

The dictionary offers several flavoured versions:

Meaning of conservative (adjective) resisting change; desiring to preserve traditions; cautious

conservative adj. Favouring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change. ...

Often it’s said you are known by the company you keep and with the benefit of hindsight, we now know nothing could be more true than in this enduring love affair between Kameron & Klegg ( hitherto known as K&K or double K )

Before the election I argued with many that voting for the LibDems would be a wasted vote, I didn’t imagine how accurate my arguments would be. They promised as most parties that have little or no chance of getting into power do: everything, including a weekly hugs if your little child thought she saw a creepy shadow in her room.

These promises are based on the fact that they never have to deliver or think thru these policies. Their leader took on the conservatives with vigour and verve and told us all what we needed to hear. Knowing full well that at the sharp end of having to deliver, a pat on the back was the most reward they were ever going to get as a third party in British politics.

The biggest of the promises made was to eliminate school fee’s. Not to hack spending as quickly as the Con-servatives. Not to back an increase in VAT.

What a mess we are in now: We have students having to get an education by picking up huge debts, cuts in educational projects, cuts in the social services, cuts in our frontline services, cuts to our armed forces, cuts in the NHS, cuts cuts cuts!

Don’t get me wrong, am not stupid to think that some cuts are not necessary and that they will not hurt,.. It’s the savagery and intensity of the Condem cuts that hurts the most. And things are going to get a lot worse before they get better. The only reason interest rates are so low is because a subjective increase in them will harm the fragile growth of world economy.

Did you notice the only cut not made was in banking bonuses. The same bankers, who got us in the pile of poo in the first place. The over-used argument has been given that to cut bonuses would harm the very people that help us create wealth. What a load of hogwash,..no! am going to say it in good old fashion west indian lingo: bombaclat man!

The truth out there is that for over 40 years our ability to produce anything worth selling and to compete on the production train of world economics has been severely hampered. We produce nuthin man! You disagree,..? name me 5 things this country now produces and exports.? Still arguing? Go to what used to be the industrial north and see the wastelands of our former glory. We are a consumer nation now. At the mercy of countries that produce goods.

That’s why all the Heads of States of Western Government are beating down the doors of countries such as India, China and yes Nigeria,… Shocking isn’t it. All these countries have one thing in common. They have cheap labour, are not hampered by unnecessary health and safety rules & regulations which is damaging the economies of the 1^St world ( I laugh! ) Once Nigeria gets it shit together, i.e electricity, safety, good infrastructures, they will definitely compete with the likes of China and India.

But I digress. The argument on which I wish to hang my hat is this: Why do the conservatives keep telling us, we are all in this together.

In cutting frontline services, and funding to all our councils and making them so severe,..we shall lose jobs in the cutbacks,..this leads to higher unemployment,..leading to brain-drains as the smart dudes and dudettes leave for sunnier climes,..and those less gifted move unto the unemployment line and dependency on state,..this leads to inability to afford life’s essentials. These cuts coupled with a rise in University fees and rise in fuel duties and petrol prices and the unwarranted increase in VAT means that everybody get the blow. I understand now what they mean that we are all in it together.

So let me summise: Our children are going to get debt ridden education where the real term payback will be in line with paying a mortgage,..then they will have to search for the non-existent jobs being sought by those already qualified. ( This would be funny if it wasn’t so tragic )

Yet we are in this together? I beg to differ. Each of our ability to cope with the blow is different. I doubt very much The Misters K&K will struggle to pay their mortgage, road tax, grocery, second home, private school education for their kids,petrol,holidays.

Some things just never change: Conservative!

The views here are my own, I am not affiliated to anybody or group.

Remember: Runningwater cannot be stopped, it enhances, enriches and endures!

Our Youths, The Social System, Police & Government

“How can you leave a young person outside the door in the rain, a prefect for that matter” These were the words of the aggressive policeman who enquired as to why I hadn’t opened the door for a sixteen year old. I took exception to his judgement although I understood them. He wasn’t aware of the history of the situation. This same child has been going missing on a regular basis and staying away from home since the age of 12 and was well known to the social services, the police, neighbors, locally and too many incidents than I care not to mention.

In the days when I was young my parents governed their domain and I was a respectful inhabitant of that world. I understood clearly my life depended on their maturity, good governance and my role thence was to obey their rules and regulations and stay within my boundaries. You have the right to be fed, clothed and housed subject to you bringing home good grades, obedience and respect for your elders and the community at large wherever you might find such.

I was sixteen once and although atimes I felt my parents weren’t always right and could prove it, I kept my all-knowing independent opinions, streak and rebellion to myself and only really exercised them on the field of battle such as the football or rugby field,.. These days the youth have the internet, you cannot even bluff your child anymore, because Mr Mcgoogle has an answer for that or there is an App for that! The youths spend their lives on facebook which has pretty much replaced parenting, outdoor sport and real face to face networking.

There is a divide so wide between the have-not youths, blacks and whites that it makes one laugh when there is this constant talk of a multi-racial Britain. The reality is that you scratch below the surface and the reality of daily living in the Great Britain of today is that we are pretty much a divided nation. Don’t believe me? Why not do for me a simple test: write down the name of 3 of your neighbours and their dog. You get a bonus visit to the marriage ceremony of next year for getting one right!

We are now in the age of fast gratification,.. the “wantitnow” generation. “what do you want to be when you grow up?”

Beyonce

Why?

Because she has a huge ass! (no disrespect meant Mrs JayZed )

These days there is no concept of planning. The old saying comes to mind: if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. But I digress, the argument on which I wish to hang my hat is this: Why do the police, the social system, social workers, governments, tell our youths their RIGHTS but not their wrongs! Its as if grown-ups are afraid to say NO to our youths. But are we ready to suffer the consequences? The inability imposed on parents that doesn’t allow them to discipline their youth at home leads to back-chats, Iknowmyrightstantrums! and disrespectful un-emboundered youths. This in turn leads to youths not properly trained at home, without boundaries and the concept of fear. Fear did I hear you say?

Wait,..hear me out.

In public and private life we are kept in our place thru fear and the possibility of sanction. If I park my car in the wrong place, I get a parking ticket( £60) If I steal from a shop, I get fined. If I punch a stranger in the street, I get done for assault. I think you get the drift. Yet if your youth steal from you, beats you up or brings unsavoury individual home there is no way for you to defend yourself or impose a sanction!

They know their rights so much that they use the police 999 service as their front door key once parents put their foot down and refuse them entry into the home they show such disdain for. All the above culprits such as the police,social-workers and government forget that in handicapping the parent, they are contributing to societal problems of anti-social behaviour. Studies have shown so-called disaffected youth who have gone on to stab and or killed another teenager can be traced back to such governmental hand-cuffing! Is it intentional? Am on to something? Is it a coincidence? Most of the 17 and more youth knifed in London over the last 10 months have been from the black community. In 60’s and 70’s America, the top 7 most black populated US states showed alarming rates of use of narcotics, prostitution and violence. No positive governmental intervention was forthcoming which in itself led to gangland warfare. Is there a case to be answered for intelligent ethnic cleansing. You get my drift,..let the fuckers kill themselves!

In an age of leisure where there is less work available and a growing elderly population, competition for the work available in the global work village is stiff. Positive parenting should be supported not be-smirked! In the African/Chinese and Indian home, there is a hierarchy of governance which works and brings forth model citizens who appreciate that choice is a matter of options.

These musings are the works of my views and my views only, I am not affiliated to anybody nor do I represent any organisation.

Remember: Runningwater cannot be stopped, It flows, it ebbs, its life fulfilling and necessary. Peace in the middle east!

Curious Case of Benedict

Curious Case of Benedict

Just a year after he said condoms could be making the AIDS crisis worse, Benedict said that for some people, such as male prostitutes, using them could represent a first step in assuming moral responsibility "in the intention of reducing the risk of infection."

The Vatican's ban on contraception remains, but Alberto Melloni, an Italian church historian, said Benedict "opened without a doubt a crack that cannot help but have consequences."

Benedict stepped where no pope has gone since Paul VI's famous 1968 encyclical "Humanae Vitae" barred Catholics from using condoms and other artificial contraception. Pressure to lift the ban has grown with the spread of the HIV virus, which has infected some 60 million people worldwide and led to 25 million AIDS-related deaths over three decades.

Earlier this week the pope announced that condoms might be used in the case of Gay prostitutes. One’s mind is furtive with worries and wonders about his priest and young boys. It’s been a concern of mine the issue of Contraception and the Catholic church!

For centuries the Roman Catholic Church has ordained and notice I say, the RCC and not God or his representative on earth JESUS, that it is against the use of contraceptive. In this momentous of all weeks, which marks the end of the Christian year and the advent of the birth of Jesus.

Am catholic and my story is one of daily miracles. Four years ago I wasn’t attending church as I had had my fill of Church going in my youth. While I was in Lagos following the death of my mother I attended the Divine Mercy Catholic Church – Falamo Ikoyi. I had resisted for a time going into this church. I would often wait in the car while my friend attended service. However, on this particular day I agreed to attend the service. Going thru the routine, it came the period of the priest’s sermon and although the church was packed it appeared as though the priest was talking directly to me, I looked behind me to see if he was addressing someone else. You know what, he was talking to me directly, and somehow it wasn’t the priest talking to me. Those who know me would never associate me with moments of divine intervention. Not that I didn’t believe, but I had issues with how God spoke to me and how his teachings were being interpreted by his so called reps on earth. Long story short,… God spoke to me very directly that day,..every song, every psalm, every passage of the bible hit me hard. I cried, I sang and I hoped for better days. On my return to the UK, I joined the Catholic faith, was baptised, confirmed and took holy communion. I am acutely aware of the historical aspect of the Catholic church thru the ages and how its perceived. However, my presence in this church was to worship my Father, to have a personal relationship with him and to commune with others of the same belief.

But I digress. My point in writing this piece and the argument on which i hang my hat is to ask why it has taken 42 years for the Pope to intimate on something that would alleviate the spread of AID/HIV/POVERTY/HUNGER. If Benedict is doing this for popularity then the question is? How far has he digressed from the teachings of Jesus which he supposed to expound! Jesus roamed the earth, curing, healing and loving the poor. He didn’t throw down edicts from fancy homes in the heart of the roman empire. He moved amongst his people. Don’t misunderstand, I know times are different and it would be near impossible for him to administer as Jesus freely did. However, he has his bishops, canons, and local priests. Yet the most those are known and seen to be doing is molestation of those whom they are supposed to serve. The RCC spend their time defending their priest, and less on what would heal the world. In the alleged first world most catholics ignore the edicts on contraception and sex before marriage and settle for the sacrament of reconciliation. In Africa & Asia where most of the followers of the catholic faith inhabit. The edict on contraception is keenly observed. In the Phillipines women have up to 10 children they cannot support because they are not allowed to use contraception or abortion. These are often poor and affected families who live in shanty towns and feed off the waste of the wealthy who are too damn smart to observe such pervasive edict. In Africa, we have the spread of the Aids virus, yet the Pope wouldn’t allow the use of contraception. In the west, the use of contraception has marginalised the spread of Aids yet in the poorest part of the world the Pope’s refusal and the locals observance of an uninspired edict that innately affects their lives is amazing!

"I was born Catholic, I was baptized, but in my life I feel profoundly secular," Bruni said. "I find that the controversy coming from the Pope’s message is very damaging. In Africa it’s often Church people who look after sick people. It’s astonishing to see the difference between the theory and the reality."

The sultry ex-Supermodel, who has campaigned widely against AIDS, accused the Catholic Church of "damaging" Africa with its views on birth control.

The Italian-born Bruni is so furious that she revealed she no longer practiced the religion

The above quote attributed to President of France Sarkozy’s wife is profound in its response to Benedicts appraisal that the use of condom is contributing to the spread of Aid. In less than a year there appears to have been a complete turnaround by Benedict. It’s a welcome change of mind. At every mass I pray to God for benedict to return to Christ and his teachings. Lead his followers on earth to salvation, away from desperation, hunger, pain, poverty and religious dogma!

The view expressed here are my own. I am not affiliated to any organisation nor represent any body or groups. I am a citizen of the world a lover of mankind and independent of mind & thoughts.

Remember: runningwater cannot be stopped!