Category Modern Life
Respect and Protect
~~~~~ Word of the day: Ilat: In Line at the Bank, Store, Rally, Protest, etc. Example of Ilat: Now more than ever, everything Is ilat, in line at the you name it. All masked and sanitized, nothing We can bring, anywhere, that’s it. Each place we go we must protect Others to protect us, show […]
Resonance
~~~~~ Does the human voice, Beautiful, resonant, Moving, harsh,. Croaking, damaged, Call to us, Bring to us, Wisdom, stories We cannot imagine, Make-up ourselves; Neither exact Nor strictly accurate But more true Than reality itself? ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and let […]
Random Thoughts on a Hot-skillet Mind
~~~~~ Way late on a west-coast afternoon, I think it a month or two past June. Could I succeed despite many tries, When time crawls, when time flies? No matter what we choose, decide, Deal with some you cannot abide. Relatives and some called friends, You decide to enjoy it, or pretend. The news grows […]
All Our Lives
~~~~~ There are people who know all our lives are a show And they’re determined to make us not matter. If they get what they want, stay the people in charge; Their rule will make our lives a living hell. And they’re determined to make us not matter. In our minds and our hearts, we […]
Beneath the Skin
~~~~~ Worker bees now stuck home, busy buzzing Around in circles, until loud alarm sounded. Stream out from all hives, about being alive, Defend those attacked due to evil unreason. Professed beliefs underlie daily intolerance, Which is usually much less than skin deep. Yet we all move to the same diurnal dance, Wake up in […]
Merging Emerging
~~~~~ Where is the inspiration for poets, Wordwrights, artists, composers, Choreographers, others who sting I neglected to mention them now? Will another’s expression reach us, Inside us, to draw forth our spirit? For me, it is music, spoken word, Creativity, creation, what’s around Me, the way the wind blows, trees, Standing as they have stood, […]
In Concert
~~~~~ To make every moment a work of art, Seeing truth, each second of our day. Live as if no time is left, embrace all. Comprehend magic in the mundane. Feel music as a pianist bobs and bows, Rocks back and forth like Ray Charles. Not blindness, because music is inside; Dance soul in our […]
Stop and Choose
~~~~~ Whether we stand straight or slouch, Brothers and sisters with linked arms, Stretch out their empty fingers, Their untouched hands. We strain to reach them, to prove We stand as one, with outstretched Empty arms, in peace, solidarity. Still, we are unable to imagine all Their myriad and costly harms. Cost of life, of […]
One Small Voice
~~~~~ I cannot scream the pain and terror Of men being murdered in the streets. I cannot howl the anguish of mothers Whose daughters die because of hate. I will never know the look of children Whose mothers and fathers are gone Too soon; none can truly explain why. I cannot imagine the need for […]
Taylor Made
~~~~~ We find, sometimes, it is only win or lose. This lesson often learned more than once. Either we stick a needle where we choose Or that needle will stick us where it wants. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and let me […]
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