Category politics
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
As Long As
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ As long as we lie to ourselves, We will never apprehend truth. All of the books on our shelves, Stand lost, despite being sooth. Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Unite the World ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and let me know […]
Clumsy Metaphors
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ Spiraling up, spiraling down and up. Reversed springs of RNA and DNA. The swirl of galaxies, including ours. Why do we question if we’re the only life? Not just in our galaxy, but also in our universe. Get real, Reach out. Feel the others who’re us, the smallest […]