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Time We Must Wait
People Over Politics, Survival Over Surrender, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ Light all the candles. Speak the ritual words. From the past, from the future. Do they now have meaning? Did they ever? Do you believe they will be heard? If they are heard, will it matter? Another ritual, lost. Come and gone, yet to be. […]
The Mysteries
People Over Politics, Survival Over Surrender, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ What are the mysteries? If anything can thus be called. Life itself is mystery enough, at least to me. Listen to the voices of winds and waters, stones and trees. Mountain, sea, and sky. Life much older then thee or me. Yet, we do not […]
Small Steps
People Over Politics, Survival Over Surrender, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ Sitting in a room with every other chair Taped off, so we will stay six-feet apart. And everyone is masked, cause we care, Which may be a small step; it is a start. ~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is […]
Dashboard Toy in a Clear Plastic Box
People Over Politics, Survival Over Surrender, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ In the car parked next to mine, A trapped mime in extreme. No subtle gesture here. He beats his head on his Plastic walls repeatedly. What this could be for, What it should mean, I cannot begin to fathom. A metaphor for a strange something, […]
If Only
People Over Politics, Survival Over Surrender, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ A concert, if only in my living room. If only, I say, though I can access zoom. I could be on the street, cold and alone, Clutching my belongings; I cannot atone For following fools who led, pretended. Their casual cruelty cannot be defended. Nor […]
Certain Choices
People Over Politics, Survival Over Surrender, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ Music and beauty perdure from the past. Will anything we do or say be able to last, After destruction, desecration, disregard? Certain choices made, easy becomes hard. Not a choice of love or hate; it is our fear. If we cannot claim courage, shed no […]
Is It Too Late?
People Over Politics, Country Over Capitulation, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ Do you ever wonder what went wrong? Our many religions say we should be good. We’re singing different parts of the same song. Is it too late to wonder what we misunderstood? ~~~~ Unite the World! Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, […]
In Our Time
People Over Politics, Country Over Capitulation, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ Everywhere we wait our turn, wear masks Or behave like we are obnoxious assholes. Every day we are slower at our daily tasks. Yet, canting-Christians will risk their souls. ~~~~ Unite the World! Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment […]
It Might Be
People Over Politics, Country Over Capitulation, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ You claim control; it is a bluff Cause life’s always unexpected. It’s usually just the small stuff, Unless you have been selected. If it’s you, you’ll wonder why; Chicken Little and falling sky. Recall that chick’s fear untrue, It might be the same for you. […]
Whatsoever
People Over Politics, Country Over Capitulation, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ Have you ever Considered, Are you aware, Everything You believe, Take on faith, Is something You cannot prove? Or a starting place For scientists, So they know Which way To move.. Neither description Is infinitely Bad or good. Unless humans Insert themselves, Decree interpretation, Telling […]