Category Modern Life
Scattered
~~~~~ Scattered thoughts drop, skittering ‘round my fevered brain, Uncertain, eager, undecided, driven, unknown, alone. So many paths, all taken more than once, divided and diverted. I seem only able understand that which I do not understand. Scattered nature, random, happenstance, unrealized patterns; Rain falling, misting, sprinkling, driving, no cause but gravity, Engenders life in […]
May Be
~~~~~ The plaintive cry of the wounded hart, A tender maiden’s soon broken heart, From the first wound of Cupid’s dart, May be the end; that’s where it starts. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and let me know what you think. See […]
Life
~~~~~ Life, some say.is short and sweet. Yet some say life is long and bitter. Now we can ignore life complete, Because someone invented Twitter. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and let me know what you think. See more of my creative […]
Dressed in Motley Camouflage
~~~~~ Dressed in motley camouflage, balanced on a cusp of time, where we may tip one way or the other. Fall back to fight our dirty wars, or create a new world sublime, where all live in peace together. No, conflict will not end when we put away our fatal toys; we’ll argue, contest in […]
You’re Not
~~~~~ No longer will we require any high-school senior To recognize the words sagacious or prevaricator. I do not think that’s wise, to say I do, I’d be a liar, As the dumber we become, the lower we’ll aspire. The only smart things we’ll own are phones, cars And really, both are more intelligent than […]
Advice?
~~~~~ Would you scurry through some dirty alley Fetid, dark, dank, dangerous and disgusting Each footfall fraught with threat, don’t dally Seeking a fabled treasure, long since rusting All on advice from some wealthy strangers Following directions you never ask or sought Magic beans for labor at the money changers Never quite sure what you’ve […]
By Any Other Name
~~~~~ Would miracles be or seem, by any other name, so grand? Miraculous, magical, names for what we don’t understand. Magic, for some speaks evil, dark powers we cannot define. Miracles, equally mysterious, argued as proof of the divine. Minds shut so tightly, some refuse to heed any dissertation; Faith in their own unknown eschews […]
This I Know
~~~~~ This man writes constantly about peace and war. What is he saying? Writes and writes some more, has he become a bore? He abjures praying. He is trying to point out we’re more than broken. How we balk. Does he think he’s the only one who’s played this token? Is it all just talk? […]
Who We Believe
~~~~~ Pause now, take time to walk along city streets. Stroll down brassy, brightly-lit boulevards, Preening, peering at all our distorted reflections From shop windows, blank-eyed passers-by. Captured in and by the lenses of CCTV cameras. Do not stare nor act furtive, collar upturned, hide, Do not ever let them suspect what lurks inside. Somewhere, […]
Exactly
~~~~~ The place you need to find Is exactly where you are. If your mind is elsewhere, Then you’ll not venture far. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and let me know what you think. See more of my creative offerings and opinions […]
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