My picture: A wonderful gift from a friend….The design of the pen is based on the ideas of the German philosopher Georg Simmel.

“What is nature
…..what is society?”
I asked my friend as I looked at the pen,
a gift across the divide.
He was unsure what I was talking about…..
a pen based on social boundaries and sense.
A name….. Georg Simmel
from those never knowing, so I explained.

“In this dark hour…there are levels of concern
harbours of eternal silences….”

But he was slowly drifting away,
another ladder day.
The west wind in spring and stigmatized innocence,
blew across the room and opened a familiar door
…..a semi -permanent thing.