Category Laughter
Ask, Listen, Care, Touch
Ask, Listen, Care, Touch ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Listen to the man who loves history. Ask him why he studies the our past. Listen to women caring for children, wonder how long this world will last. I try to find answers in thick tomes, fact […]
Do We Dare?
Do We Dare? ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Mistakes which only I can make. Wonder just what does that mean? These were words I heard recently, neither do I recall, nor know where. Our world, opposites, give and take, reminds of all the balance I’ve seen. […]
Missing in Action
Missing in Action ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Social media puzzles me, likes and followers galore appear and vanish freely, can’t know what’s in store. My numbers rise, dwindle, Often can’t find who below. Is my search but a swindle? That’s what I want to […]
In Between Time
In Between Time ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ How many times, I wonder have come and gone before? Did I make any laugh, ponder, was I seen as an awful bore? ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Please, […]
Waiting for God, Oh
Waiting for God, Oh ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ I think some of us listen to the music, lives simply waiting for intermission. Left, by the world we know, too sick, wait for someone to offer permission. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is […]
How Long, How Well
How Long, How Well ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ We must share our stories all of us, whenever possible. We are at risk. Pick your poison, climate change, pollution. starvation, stress, violence, encouraged and enhanced by fools, mountebanks and misers. Profits proffered as basic rights […]
Simple Man
Simple Man ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ I am a simple man. Because I believe the human race can change. I am a dreamer. Because I believe everyone should understand. I am naïve. Because I believe if enough people say no, it will matter. I […]
Neverending
Neverending ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Will we Grow, grow up, grow old, grow old together in all weather? Woven, weaving a tapestry, joined, cleaving, or a shroud, grieving, giving, dying, living out loud. Friend, lover, mover, cover, shielding all, memories times, signs. Lightening, thunder, torn […]
Neither a Laugh Nor a Tear
Neither a Laugh Nor a Tear ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Today, I decided to remove my face, to discover what I would find beneath. It looked a bit like red, stringy lace. Much like we will all one day bequeath. Wait, that says you’re the […]
Echoes
Echoes ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Out in peaceful nature, where I love to be. Now, I hear soft voices, direction a mystery. Are there other hikers in the nearby forest, or echoes of other people from long ago? ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is […]
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