Category Modern Life
Today
~~~~~ Today, I stopped for coffee, don’t we all? Those of us, at least, who enjoy the taste. This isn’t completely caffeine’s siren call, only to sit, think, to savor, time to waste. I listen to nearby folk talk, and I wonder. How it is that all of us are now right here? Sometimes, I […]
If We Give
~~~~~ When in doubt, I find it is better to whisper than to shout, Not knowing what life’s about, may lead to our final rout. Though, if we don’t dispute, we might learn another route. Distribute the ill-gotten loot, make it better for all, to boot. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is […]
Listening Out Loud
~~~~~ What price sacrifice, what test passed, what good forgone? Do we know what to choose, if we’ve travelled far enough? Are we alone in deepest space or do we race the setting sun? That cannot be, the glint of unshed tears in your eyes, a bluff, your calculated actions, all designed to elicit tender […]
What We Always Knew
~~~~~ “How can I move forward, when I don’t know which way I’m facing?” John Lennon These words, so true, set my heart racing. With all I’ve learned, know how to do, and cool and useful stuff I can make, why never have I felt comfortable with life, or even the direction I should take? […]
Choices
~~~~~ Will I choose to wax political again? What vile offenses do my fears abet? I halted, when rhetoric grew insane., At night, I wonder if our sun has set, And if, at the end, only I will remain, all alone, when me they come to get? ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity […]
Paranoia Will Destroya
~~~~~ Strange, disturbing and unnatural, the sight I witnessed earlier today, two people, women, sitting outside, talking in the old-fashioned way. No phones, smart or dumb, no tablets, no pads, no games, no e-readers, could I detect anywhere. Should I go and warn our fear-filled leaders? Anyone not plugged in twenty hours per day might miss […]
Never a Wrong Time
~~~~~ It is not like I just remembered, though in a way I did, some part of me wanted to be a poet when just a kid. Like my artist, which got squashed while still in school, I’ve waited until my current age to find I had the tools. If I had been better, had […]
The Human
~~~~~ I have posted two versions of this, using different animals. It dawned on me today, I need to take a more direct approach to have a chance of actually communicating my fear. ~~~~~ Human! Human! spurning right Will you vanish in the night? When mortal weapon, hand or spree Shall end thee for eternity. […]
Impossible to Be
For People Who Believe ~~~~~ Each and every faith believe theirs is the one to select. Have you ever wondered, if they might all be correct? Deity works in mysterious ways, its wonders to direct, If meeting your maker, it’s impossible to be incorrect ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy […]
Along Your Merry Way
~~~~~ In the deepest darkest depths of night, when all your thoughts shriek danger, fright. When evil looms within your sight, Dawn will come. When wicked winter winds into your marrow bite, storm-dark clouds bring sleet, snow, ice, till you can’t fight, and every day you live feels black as night, Spring will come. When […]
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