Category politics
Act Within
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ Leaning In ~ Philip Brent Harris ~~~~~ Hidden in the depths of ourclothing, we find the secret toourselves. Our skin but a cloakover the essence of our being.Not hiding. Donning a costume,to play a part we act within. ~~~~~ Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, […]
All Is Lost?
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Confusion slips in and out offocus like a strange hocus pocus.But we find peace at last as theworld settles into a gentle rhythm.Where would we go sailingon such a placid stream? Watch now the rapids come.Careful how you steer yourboat as it winds through therough water […]
Begin Again
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ I start to cry for no apparent reason.Yes, the music holds such sweet emotion,it might bring forth tears to fill an ocean.What if humans would cry together, wouldrealize what benighted fools we are andhave been led to be? Better still to sharea laugh so heartfelt, every […]
Creation
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ What would I say,tell myself aboutmyself? Who’s toknow the secretsof their own heart? Do you believe weall know? Do wetell ourselves orlinger in darkness?I would sing theglory of creation,which includes myown and all andeverything I see andsense everywherearound me. Hearthe thunder of thevoices of the divinecreation of […]
Attempted
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ It comes to me that no matterwhere or how many times Ihave started and stopped, thatall my words are the continuousmissive of my existence. My letterto all the beings, animate andinanimate, with which I share mylife and my existence. I sing praiseto the vast life of […]
At Least
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ My time upon this globe spinscloser to my dénouement? Whata lovely word which seems toconvey the sense of an ending, oran ending with some sense, at least. What do I mean to leave? Would Idare to number my sins, my acts ofcharity? Do they in any […]
Wonder Why?
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Rain falls softly upon thefields, patterns on the streams,and carries me along throughthe mysterious countryside as Iwalk along. My dog rangesahead of me, backwards andforwards and back, following hernose in ways I no longer haveavailable. We depend on our misty eyesand wonder why it is so […]
A Better Form?
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ I find there’s so much I don’t know.Would it help if I had just one moreplace to go? Would it be somehowsignificant in ways the others haven’tbeen? Would I be able to absolveall my sins, my transgressions MightI find a better form of expression? ~~~~~ Diversity […]
Do You See?
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ What if you could be transportedto another time and place? Perhapsthrough a great novel which leavesyou an active participant, the hero, orsomeone else who changes the mostbecause of what they experience withinthe pages? If only it never had to end.Great music, some art may also transportyou, […]
Only They Exist
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ I have felt the darkness come. I’veseen the stars wink out one by one.Not the thousands we can see, butthe million billion contained in themillion billion galaxies. So vast ourcosmos, it beggars description, letalone any concept of true understanding.Could we use such cosmology to explainthe purchase […]