Category Laughter
Desire Driven
Desire Driven ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Is the constant testimony to our inanity, desire driven, to reject our homogeneity? Does our need to think that we’re special push us far beyond our living threshold? Will a sudden need to flee make us gape, Push us […]
That’s Why
That’s Why ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Most days my life is so crazy and confusing. It does not one bit of good to keep refusing.. I find no answers in the books I’m perusing I’m told it’s all about the winning and losing. And I […]
Matters More
Matters More ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ If I could save the world or me, oh, what a hard choice it would be. I’d choose to save the world, you see, except my lady love; she matters more than me. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is […]
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 […]
