Category Modern 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 […]
Ere We Fall
Ere We Fall ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Who knows what we’ve lost in the cause of war? Music, art, novels, plays, poems, films and more. Bach, DaVinci, Cassatt, Monet, fodder of kings, Shakespeare, Elliott, Beethoven all gone missing. Would we find saviors numbered with the […]
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 […]
Till Such Time
Till Such Time ~~~~~ 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Business as Usual?
~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Could it be, we all simply do not care, enveloped within our bleak, petty lives We trust wealthy, politicians, who say won’t alter Earth so only they survive. Hasn’t happened yet, that I am aware, nor a thing to help our […]
Euphemism: The Cynical Silent Killer
~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Boots on the ground come marching, marching Boots on the ground come marching one by one Boots on the ground have not one specified role At least that is the bill of goods we’ve been sold Boots on the ground come […]
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