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Clearly
Clearly ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment. ~~~~~ We’ll never stop dying or being born. Then, can we cease killing each other? If we shed blame, confront our reality, homo sapiens may survive to see peace. Clearly, we know much of waging war. From rocks and sticks to […]
Outside In
Outside In ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment. ~~~~~ Men, you, who think you rule the world and, anything, anyone is yours for the taking. Convinced it is your right you call it your destiny, manifest or personal, you stride forth. Step back. See your heavy footsteps, boot-prints […]
Again
Again ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment. ~~~~~ There are no longer rules or even manners. All permitted to unleash our animal within. Forget about all the seers and the planners; for only we, ourselves, reign them in again. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is […]
When Fear Fades
When Fear Fades ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment . ~~~~~ When fear fades, what will I discover? Maybe another person the same as me. One who struggles to meet like needs, who seeks the same answers that I do When anger fades, who will I become? Will […]
On the Doppler Shift
On the Doppler Shift ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment. ~~~~~ I hear the humming man from afar, as he approaches where we are. The humming grows as he draws nigh and, dwindles when he passes by. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy […]
They Might Grow Up
They Might Grow Up ~~~~~ It is time to put people over politics, country over capitulation and world over wealth. ~~~~~ Emergency, emergency, everybody to clear the streets, The extremists are coming, the extremists are coming. Guns carried openly on the hip or hidden under arm; they will tell you it’s only the bad folks […]
Pale Reflections
Pale Reflections ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Shadows of trees, which do not exist, extinguished by sudden, bright lights. Four musicians, in white, tux jackets, take the stage, like waiters to serve us some succulent moments, Beethoven. I wonder about their histories and any tales to […]
Climb of Beauty
Climb of Beauty ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ (Written while listening to der Winterreise — Schubert) Wondering, I wander within a wood, lost in thought, again, wonder without sight or care, though I might end up anywhere. I seek escape from my nightmare, to return to […]
Nature’s Fan
Nature’s Fan ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Now, snow rests upon my weary head. Might I have used another path instead? It’s growing darker, nature’s fan is nigh, it’s bold palette, on distant shore I spy. Did I wait overlong my steps to retrace; the treasures […]
And Then I Know
And Then I Know ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ I, one evening, going out to a recital, look away from my life, a brief moment. When my gaze returns, my perception changes, questions in my mind foment. Walking to the concert hall, after it’s rained, light […]
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