Some are nameless

faces in a crowd

others are before me

like they have always been around,

those influences you encounter

as you travel through life

they drift in and out

like friends.

As a boy I would listen

on a Crystal radio

Journey Into Space

as well as The Goon Show,

little did I know way back then

that at my age now

I would utter the words

that made me laugh

feel inspired by what then

made me dream,

of places unseen

characters sublime

as well as words

that made poetic lines.

Little did I know

of the protection they gave me

without their funny lines

as well as the mystery

I would have been

rather bland

a misshappen nobody,

as it is I am rather pleased

that all those faces

who passed by my sight

through my mind

had somehow left

a little bit of themselves

for me behind.

If I do not mention you all

you know who you are

your influence

stands tall,

I say a fond thank you

to each and everyone

from a silly twisted fool

to a journey just begun.