Category Love

Dark as Distance

  ~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ……… Dark as Distance So softly now, we whisper Walk along a clifftop path Sun or stars, day or night We chat, calm, confident In the touch, the strength Of holding another’s hand We discover an open gate Stairs, we slowly […]

Beneath the Skin

Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ……… Beneath the Skin ~~ Music, dance, story, art All different languages Much more accessible Than any spoken words Tribes, families, identity Join us and divide us Wedges driven between People understanding Art, arts, expression However we describe it A wave, a hug, […]

Nor Does It

   ~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ……… Nor Does It  ~ When every action taken, Word spoken, song sung, Picture painted or snapped Dance choreographed, performed Structure designed, built, Torn down, replaced, Left to nature, Music composed, Tale written, told, Every moment Remembered or lost, In deeps […]

Can You?

Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ……… Can You? Life might seem like endless chores Some say better than heavenly choirs You would have to live on love alone Unless endless singing a way to atone It is all made up, no matter your belief Can you find solace […]

Clinging

Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ……… Clinging Clinging like a barnacle To the hull of life’s ship Sailing a vast sea of stars Like fabled fishers three Past the clever old moon Who watches and laughs Galaxies, comets go by Rule our ship, we think While we franticly […]

I Choose Peace

Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ……… I Choose Peace When in life we reach an age, a need, a trial, a test, the razor’s edge. Delving deeper, pondering, reflecting, remembering, planning, hoping, denying, angry, we bargain, we grieve while craving peace, acceptance. Until we understand acceptance is a […]

Believe Me

Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment … Believe Me Tell me the things you don’t remember Play me a symphony without any notes Dance me like we’re young and limber Believe me all the things that you don’t Love me tender, when I’m lovable least Teach me concern about […]

Gone

Gone A For Sale sign driven in the lawn Becomes a stake through her heart It makes her feel more than forlorn Childhood home gone, past departs See more of my creative offerings and opinions at: Philip Brent Digital Art Brent Harris Fine Art Vida Voices Scriggler TPM Niume The Extra Mile Art, shirts and […]

I Believe

Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Suppose the thing create the word? Or does the word create the thing? Choosing to have wisdom, accord I believe we’ll change everything Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See more of my creative offerings […]

And Doing So

Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Purfling and lethonomia: what can they be? Get into the groove and follow right around Perhaps you’ll remember; it’s known to me Ask learned wordsmiths what may be found Some words are not well known or jargon Describing music, motors or woodworking […]