Category Poetry
Who Calls the Tune?
Who Calls the Tune? ~~~~~ Despite how brilliant, how noble I think my thoughts, Guarding how gracious, grand, I envision my dreams. Futility wraps them in a cerement, as small minds plot, Hate, fear, want, murder shape all their selfish schemes. I believe I can change the world, if just my little corner; I strive to […]
Ever Live in Fear
Ever Live in Fear ~~~~~ How will we decide what to do, what to think, what we’ll think, In a world of conflicting opinions, way too much information? While we caper and cavort blindfolded, oh, so close to the brink, Believing we’re so ordinary, nothing extraordinary can be done. When actions are performed beyond the […]
Brightly Blaze the Stars
Brightly Blaze the Stars ~~~~~ Mentioned rarely in polite conversation, I follow you around. You will never see or hear me, because I never make a sound. Unknown land where I will someday lead you, an adventure; Sometimes I’ll snatch you unprepared, curtail your time here. Still, whether slow, sudden, I choose always the correct […]
Small and Petty
Small and Petty ~~~~~ Find, for me, a small and petty god. One grown right from my local sod. Who, as me, thinks, acts and looks. Who can be branded by the books. A proper deity, for me, should sate The horded hunger I have for hate. Teach spare the rod, spoil the child, Make […]
As All
As All ~~~~~ Captured the cosmos twinkling in a tyke’s eye, today. From somewhere foreign, immersing us in infinity. Religious, political refugees swallowing us in silence, different, skin, class, orientation defined. Strange, strained, altogether alien, fascinating but frightening. So similar, still, Dissimilar, diverse, exceptionally enigmatic, leaving us lost, besieged, bothered tourists in transit. Realize we […]
No Matter How Long
No Matter How Long ~~~~~ If tou finally own your creation, you suspect life knows. Path ahead should be clear, no-one stepping on your toes. Not life, it does not work that way, a game of yes and no; Life sometimes tells you stop and sometimes tells you go. A game, a carnival ride, a […]
Ad Infinitum
Ad Infinitum ~~~~~ I was sitting in a downtown cafe, looking for the words I wanted, listening to other people’s lives, fits and starts, dribs and drabs. O, what stories I could imagine. O, what stories could I imagine? of these people and their lives; the difference a single change, an opening, taken or missed, […]
Ours to Choose
Ours to Choose ~~~~~ What is it follows? Can it be found? Follows you around, Sometimes in front, Sometimes behind. Opens doors, Slams doors In your face. Sneaks in, Cheek by jowl, Cuts no slack, A burdened back. Dogs your steps, Manacles Your joints, Points of pain, Reminders Of reminders past. Needles and pins Stuck […]
Falling Fast
Falling Fast ~~~~~ The words friable and frangible myriad might find intangible. They’re too specific and esoteric. And, certainly less manageable than our good old atmospheric. Though atmosphere, I’ve found, moves, never sticks around. It provides no solid ground Much like friable, frangible, it just might let you down. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is […]
I Don’t Know
I Don’t Know ~~~~~ My spring of words is running low and, I don’t know where I should go. Do I pump a mental handle, start the flow? I can’t figure it out, does anyone know? Perhaps, I must wait till it refills, though, I really want to write something now, so I want it […]
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