Category politics
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 […]
It’s All Good
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ If I could imagine a bright future? But I do all the time, yet short on specifics. My dreams are not the triumph of one side over the other. Balance, which is really just constantly slipping one way or the other. Where life and death sit down together […]
His Little Horn
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ Amidst our daily cacophony is it anywonder we cannot hear each other?I can barely hear myself, most days.Met a bird walking down the block,Disguised as a clown in an orange wig.Hadn’t seen the clown for some time. Hesqueezed his little horn every chance he got. Diversity is […]
We Can Change
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ Walk into the forest with me. Note the understory, the overstory, and the overarching means which tie together our greatest epiphanies with pure terror. We know what to do, what should be done but stand paralyzed, incapable of transforming into what we planned to become. More than our […]
Imaginary Borders
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ A sailboat meanders across the face of the earth. Calm sea and clear sky. Bright yellow Lupine in the near distance fill my vision with color, my nose with subtle scent. In the distance I see God’s golf ball on the tee, ready for a strike by a […]