Sarah Lamptey

Tag: humanity

  • The Church Visit

    What of a church, captures my breath Returns it to me full of life and of death? Wood underfoot and stone walls recall The millions of tales of time gone by   To chatter and swirl in the space between The land and the sky. Above and below – Why…

  • The Power of a Free Public Shower

    https://www.change.org/p/jeremy-corbyn-mp-install-free-public-showers-in-london-to-enhance-the-wellbeing-of-those-who-sleep-rough Last year, at the winter shelter where I volunteer, a guest said to me that London should have free public showers. It was one of many evenings spent trying to work life out, all our many backgrounds and experiences often rushing and colliding in a confusion of heated words…

  • Like Today

    On a day like today, When a mariachi band will rip and whirl through a carriage dense with tears unwept, The wild joy and mad shift Makes one smile, makes one laugh. On a day which hurls rain, The shock it won’t stop moves to disbelief when it does, By…

  • The Ride

    On a long train ride Across a big dark town A woman looked up As another looked down And the smile she gave Was full, and brave So the other’s was bright Though from a mother, a lover   And when she sat down Those strangers in town Looked forward…

  • A Sky That’s Blue

    Under a sky that’s blue A mystery comes with every pace To rival wonder too To flood the mind and drown the thoughts That note the bluest blue.   Under a sun that shines Notions strike along the way To block the path rays find So steps are loads that…

  • Rise

  • Chapter 5

    Samuel and Theodore believed that Maxwell couldn’t speak but they were mistaken. Ten years ago Samuel and Theodore had been heated-debating. It may have been about whether ducks really were “lazy-mouldy-bread-eating quacks” or a revert to the controversial and emotional subject of the Disappearing Red Squirrel but it was definitely…

  • Chapter 4

    Again, night. Benjie lay where he was left, at the side of the road. The light from the lamppost reached him and warmed his side. One pair of shoes passed and made their way somewhere, quickly. Benjie lay alone. His smell had grown to rage then left to explore as…

  • Chapter 3

    Shortly after, Winston was on his shift. He started at Putney Bridge and as usual began to remove the chewing gum from the pavement. It was easier now that they had given him the stick and claw. It was kinder on his back and he could play games with it.…