Encounter

Posted on July 3, 2025 by Author Richard F Holmes

I was inspired to write this poem after an encounter I had with a homeless man in a bus shelter in Sand Bay, near Weston-super-Mare, on Sunday, June 29th, 2025.

Old homeless man

I tried to help you

Disheveled and smelly

I only wanted to put food in your belly

You shunned my kindness

But it’s all good

I don’t know your soul

I don’t know your story

I see you are troubled

But you conceal your glory

Within the flesh

We are brothers as one

We were both born, and

Will one day both be done

It’s impossible to help everyone

It’s a soul’s right to refuse

So, as you journey forward

May your angels guide you

I wish you well my lost brother

Roll Hills Roll

Posted on November 20, 2024 by Author Richard F Holmes

Roll hills, roll

With your chameleon-like colours

Ever changing, with each passage of time

What secrets do you hold?

Roll hills, roll, roll on

Bask in golden sunlight

Be cooled by the rain

Allow the elements to sooth your pain

We share the same father, you and I

Yet my brothers and sisters beat your brow

Roll hills, roll

Take refuge in your beauty

Drink from Mother Nature’s cup

Eat at her table

Celebrate your glory

time and time again

In the overcoming of human inflicted adversity

Roll hills, roll, roll on

And roll on again

Roll on into eternity

Beautiful Earth

Beloved friend