Etched Pixels

I'm a model etcher (www.etchedpixels.co.uk) primarily interested in N scale - both modern image and pre-grouping although I don't know much about the bit in the middle. I'm also the owner of Ultima Model Engineering. Other particular interests include sound in N scale models.

The Locomotive

Rust greets time a grave to steam

In mire gloom to no more gleam

Does care die quiet and scarred

Berry red in Barry yard ?

Rusted steel at rest dust all

Old sump oil lead is my pall

Long rather to linger there

Cold my fire once called me fair

Who knows now when I was new

Speed in flow and on I flew

I turned eyes to run and see

In steam, a dream, adore me

- AC 2010

Planting Flowers

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Carry on carry on

There's nothing to be done on days like these

In the ruins and the rage

Planting flowers for new days

In the ruins and the rage

We carry on

As we walk amongst the dust

Between hopes that turned to rust

As we step across the rubble of our dreams

All that we thought we knew

All that was permanent and true

Washed away in seconds by the seas

As we pick amongst the stones

In search of people we have known

As we step across the rubble of our dreams

And though the hope is gone

We must draw deep and carry on

Hunting for those in times of need

Carry on carry on

There's nothing to be done on days like these

In the ruins and the rage

Planting flowers for new days

In the ruins and the rage

We carry on

From the ruins we must come

From the dark bring forth the sun

As we step across the rubble of our dreams

For those we lost before

Planting flowers on the shore

Remembering those for whom we bleed

And each of us who saw

The desolation on that shore

As we step across the rubble of our dreams

In time must look and say

Those days have passed away

And we built our new world in their name

Carry on carry on

There's nothing to be done on days like these

In the ruins and the rage

Planting flowers for new days

In the ruins and the rage

We carry on

To the people of Japan, 2011