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Other Plans
Other Plans ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ If I knew I was dying, what would I say about me? To you who knew me best, better, perhaps, than I know myself. Still, I have secrets. We all have secrets. What will I say about my life? […]
Projected (I hope)
Projected (I hope) ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Shades projected on a wall by searing brightness. A row of lipsticks, twisted open in shades of red, miniature missiles show all that’s left of us, less. Broken, no Rosetta stone translates sacred dead. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, […]
The Long View
The Long View ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ We all think that we mean a lot. History tells us the answer is not. All of the names, cited in books, future will give no second looks. Burnt cinders, Sol’s nova flash, nothing left to throw in […]
Invisibility
Invisibility ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Hello? Can you hear me? Can you see me? I hope you can because I fear I’ve become invisible. It’s not everywhere or all the time. It’s not at home or when I’m out in the world. In fact, it’s […]
These Moments
These Moments ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ All of the things we do and say, every place we choose to play, if working or not, stand or fall, all these moments define us all. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is […]
How
How ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ All day long, we fought and wrestled. All night long, we talked and prayed. Drank deep, and broke all the vessels, not a one would quit, thus we stayed. In the end, we’d each got in our licks, blows, kisses […]
Tangle Becomes Growth
Tangle Becomes Growth ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Is our understanding misunderstanding depend merely upon sounds we make, sounds we hear? What you think you’ve heard, I think I’ve heard Ultimately less clear, what we decide we heard. We speak in so many tongues, with first […]
Unexpected
~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Fabled treasures are the purview of men? Hearth, home, filling the hope of women? Been told, but doesn’t mean it’s true then, we’ve heard this idea over and over again. Terrified men work to return olden days, As we finally began […]
Hitch Up Your Trews
~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Tomorrow is a good day to try something new. I mean, what do you think will happen to you, if you choose, one time, your dream to pursue? Treasure like sunlight sparkle on morning dew. Or turned down a lane, the […]
Already Become?
~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Rabid illness, rampant decrepitude, Narcissism, xenophobia lead us into paranoia and poverty, callous disregard. Pure greed, stolen chances in small steps, missive bites, bytes. Grabbing what? Anything they want, as though it is theirs by right or mystic rite. Cast your […]
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