Author Archives: thepensmight

Other Than Sleep

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Skip along like a child about to play hopscotch, jump rope. Hope to feel the joy of play, stay in childhood long past growing, knowing there is no way to keep the time when young, other than sleep. ~~~~~ Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is […]

Just How It Goes

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Softly, mother sings her child to sleep. Prays the angels will keep them safe until the morning. Such longing, your life or theirs, you know the time might come. Like every form of love. One may stand, so another may survive. Even if it’s only within our […]

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How Little?

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ (I intended to post every day this month, then COVID laid me low. We think life listens to us, but that’s not always how it goes.) Gone now, the widows and orphans, the wounded soldiers, all who might remember the pain, suffering and heartbreak of war. The […]

Myself Abides

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ I have no time, I have no care, and yet I would tell you all I dare, if only I had the courage to begin the early version of my life again Sure, there was lots of toil, some strife. In my mind. I strove to be […]

Hope We Find

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Raise your life itself on high. Try to find the balance between tears and laughter, balance what we are after. I hope we find it. ~~~~~ Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Unite the World ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and […]

After All

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ It’s terse, adverse, no time to rehearse. But slowly take your time. Make it count. Like a fountain at full spate. Dive in, no need to wait. Hurry now, the water’s fine. Sometimes, this all feels like mine. To have and to hold, bold and beautiful beyond […]

Free Future

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ For my brother The parade starts soon. People line up upon the street. Children get under feet. Then raised to shoulders, holders of the best seats in the house, despite the lawn chairs carried from home. Those who have waited longest in the dark, camped in a […]

Hold Me Close

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Hold me close in a lover’s embrace. Kiss my lips, my eyes, my face. Hold me closer until we are but one being far beyond the beast with two backs. Joined, even when we are far apart. All lovers understand. Give me your hand and I will […]

All Life Plays

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ How rapidly the river courses over boulders and stones, big tree trunks and small talus. We watch in awe, too afraid to join the dance stand entranced. Wait for the wind to curl, the waves, slaves to conditions, whether the snow melt, or pull of the distant […]

Half Past

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ The shadow on the sundial had stopped moving. Half past one. The sun hung in the cloudless heavens above. It grew warmer. I wondered what had happened to all the people. I saw no-one. I paced, waiting for you to return home again. Gone for hours. Sweat […]