Category Poetry
Dry as the Bones
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ Plod now across the windswept land. Dry as the bones, long sun-bleached, forgotten. Searing brightness blinds us and the grains of gray sand are so sharp, they cut our feet. We can find nowhere to pause, sit, and rest. Trudge onward. No sign of water, except the ever-present […]
Choose
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ We are but tiny thinking specks, a living propensity, merely insignificant bits of sentient matter. We can choose to be specks living in harmony, or war forever, never quit. Choose, the former or latter. Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Unite the […]
Pardon My Confusion
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ We are safely off the grid, away from patrols. Powerful people hate us beyond their control. We are living underground or hidden, at least. It may soon be past time to pursue our priest. Please, choose the flavor you think the best. For me, won’t matter, one is […]
No Guarantee
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ Blow it up or blow it down. No point us hanging around. We start again as a beginner, if we lived as saint or sinner Still and all, it’s been before. Not by us, so now our chore. Some craven but some brave, dumb, brazen sum’s a grave […]
Aught Regard
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ I hear there is something new called Thread that I must join and follow to be au currant. To make some fat cat have even more bread. Does this have aught regard for what I want? Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, […]
Bid: Four No Trump
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ I gave up being normal when I was just a kid. It wasn’t something that I planned, just something that I did. What others found to be correct made me flip my lid. Do not bother trying to change me, I won’t accept your bid. I watch our […]
Thoughts and Preyers
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ And now five dead in Philadelphia. How is this not called-for, again? It’s never just frightened students who die, From weapons sold to those who mistrust, By strangers, in boardrooms, sick and sly, Who these deaths profit, so die they must. They ignore truth, as parents’ tears glisten. […]
U.S. of A. Gun Violence Lament
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ With all the mass shootings we have had this year, how is this not called-for, again? As we lay on the ground bleeding,we thought of all we were needing.When we knew what must be said,it was much too late; we were dead. Diversity is Unity, Empathy […]
If You Consider
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ Whether you arrive on time, early or late, runs in grooves ground into your pate. People you come from, through history. If you consider, I know you will agree. Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Unite the World ~~~~~ Please, leave a […]
Your Turn
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ Once a lonely child dreamed the universe. While it could be better, it could be worse. Now it’s your turn, what will choose to do if creating the cosmos is up to only you? Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Unite the […]