Author Archives: thepensmight

For A Time

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Slowly I climbed the stairs, almost home. Though my steps are tired, the lights inside will revitalize me, as I change from my work costume into clothing I call my own. Certainly you will understand when others join you, sit down to dinner conversation. Then, with fuel […]

Within the Moment

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ How then will I find my way, and why do I feel the need ? Done slowly or its speed. Still, I would wander until I alighted in a land of hope. Sighted, not benighted. Everything known within the unknown land. Things lost and things found. Grand […]

Excerpt from the List of Everything I Have Loved~Beginning and Ending with Horses

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ It starts with a red stage coach I could ride, when I was five. It had six white horses whose legs moved when I rode on it. I gave it away for a toy drive. Sand Dune Pony by Troy Nesbit, a book that made me fall […]

A teabag paper for Boneyard Brand Mortali-Tea

No Restitution

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Fly away as tears fall. Is it joy or is it sorrow? Will I know today? Will I know tomorrow? What presages the past when no one remembers all the days, the sunny Mays and bleak Decembers? Going now, searching for the way to know this is […]

Always Freshly Made

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ A beautiful day after days of gray, warm and dry rather than wet and cold at a seminar concert far from home. With what’s to come all unknown though expectations of wonder and splendor. Still, I listened to a man talk about the good old days when […]

End Up Dead

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Going in and going out, can you tell me now or later, What it’s all about? It doesn’t matter what I have known or when. I have known it, been it. Miracles and sins. Then always comes too late. Not a question of love or fate. Straight […]

Currents of Air

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth~~~~~ ~~~~~ Racing with the wind, my kite soars behind me, tugging at my arm. What harm to watch it dance andswoop through the rills, the hills andvalleys in the flowing currents of air. ~~~~~ Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Unite the World […]

When After Finds Before

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ When Walter went to the drugstore, he wasn’t buy drugs, but looking for relief from his aches and pains. When Walter went to the supermarket ,he didn’t think of everything that had died, but shopped to find the healthiest foods. When Walter went to the movies on […]

Where You Start?

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ The birds singing in the morning and at the close of day settle now upon your branch in your nest. No time to sing or sway. Life will hold you close to hand, even if you do not understand. Begin again, the kits, the cubs, the fawns. […]

Don’t Look Back

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Like the March of the Marionettes, Muppets on their hands and sticks. We go along our way, perform our tricks. Step up to the window, place your bets Find the winner is sometimes unexpected. The horse with the greatest odds will win, the favorite edged out at […]