Requiem for Waste

Watch the Water

From Colour Contrast Continuity

Focus on the Water

From Colour Contrast Continuity

Wait awhile and watch the water,
Ripple round this relic’s rust,
No joyful tidings sweep this way,
No choirs of angels sing to sway
A listener to hear the just,
Or ever justify the slaughter.


Below the surface silence seethes,
In darkness shadows can’t be seen,
No sunlight ever sweeps this way,
No choirs of angels sing to sway
A melody from where it’s been
Playing with airs the water breathes.


Above the cold cries wheel around,
Mourners circle sites of sadness,
No rings of laughter sweep this way,
No choirs of angels sing to sway
This music to the sound of gladness,
Or ever drown a single sound.

Dead in the water

From Colour Contrast Continuity

The images were given to me by a very good friend DOUGY who lives on Orkney. They portray ships that were sunk as barriers to protect others during WW2.

I altered them on Photoshop to illustrate this song.

Please go to his site for more of his photographs of the island that we both love.