Author Archives: thepensmight
This is How
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ The passion of an argument, a good idea shared, batted back and forth, the token in a newly-minted game. The passion of love; soft, fierce and existential. This is how we find truth. Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Unite the World […]
No Travesty Implied
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Dancing down the street talking to birds, flowers. Waving to cops, random folk, strangers I’ve yet to meet. A happy tune trips through my thoughts, to tempt a smile. Promise, I will share it today and often, whenever I may. How do we go through our days, […]
Enough, Just Enough
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ Time is money, money is time, yet I’d like to see you eat either one. Tokens we value, believe have worth, are extremely puzzling to me. They are symbolic, I know, they can give no shelter by themselves. We treat them as real, pursue them with zeal, cry […]
Quietly, I Contemplate
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Quietly, I contemplate the stars, numerous and wondrous. Billions upon billions, more, in the Milky Way alone. One galaxy among billions upon billions. Thinking thus, I find my life small, but marvelously complete. Replete in ways I could not have dreamed when I was young, for all […]
What the Hell?
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Knowing who said what to whom, might be some way of keeping score. Still, on our journey womb to tomb, Keeping score? What the hell’s it for? ~~~~~ Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Unite the World ~~~~~ Please, leave a […]
We Have Changed
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ The drama of the storm, as watched safely, behind glass, from a distance. Wind marks its approach. Lightning flashes, a crack of thunder soon after. Rain starts to fall, pounding on the roof and on our thoughts, mysteries. Knocking on a door held firmly shut. The rain […]
Whatever It Becomes
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ Talk to me, foretell the future, explain the past so I understand. How can I tell you what I don’t know, explain what happened before your birth. I put this into words, which you know but will not feel. Even if we both speak at once, mirror […]
Why Else am I Here?
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ It is not something you eat, wear, or hang up as decorations, mark where you live, or proclaim self. Still, is not everything we do, say, choose, or ignore only this; nothing more? I expect my words, life will be forgotten after I or any I love are […]
Angle of Repose
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ At the Foot of the Mountain ~ Philip Brent Harris Rife with passion my heart cannot contain, I will it open. Sharing each smile and laugh, each curse and frown, so when they are gone, it’s all left behind. Could my smile tip the balance point and thus […]
Golden Crowns
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ The magic hour, the golden light filled with power; it fills our sight. Here, then it’s ghostly gone, ere we notice. Where went its silent song? A lazy evening as three deer dance away, up a hillside, chance at play. The trees, golden crowns tarnished, then gone, the […]