Category Thoughts About Art & Culture
Hiding Aside
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth~~~~~ ~~~~~ In my youth, there it sat, inour refrigerator, big and fat.Cut into thin or thick slices;catsup, mustard, mayo. Spicesotherwise were quite optional.Often borderline transactional.A tasty, less-than-healthy snackin lunch, my mom would pack.And Twinkies might go in, too;spongy cakes filled with goo.Another snack I’ve put aside.Here’s the truth I […]
Could And Can
~~~~~ ~~~~~ How confused most would be hailing from an earlier time or place, everything so rapid and our identities found or lost within our gender pronouns. He/him, she/her, and they/them. I feel and believe I contain all of the above, that I could and can claim any or all of them. ~~~~~ Diversity is […]
Magic Touch
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Oh, to have the magic touch, the ability to wave my wand and change the world would mean so very much to me. Does that make me sound deranged? ~~~~~ Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Unite the World ~~~~~ Please, […]
The Child You Are
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Children play, screaming their joy at pitches that make adult ears cringe. Huddled on the fringe, surrounded by other age-mates. Have they forgotten how to play? Any day, no more than chores, opening and closing doors, tending to dinner and turning off the lights at night. Turning […]
Life as We Have Lived It
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Fill my heart with all good things. Take from me the pain of grief. How will I know when one is transitioned to the other? Both are always present to some degree. And without pain, how will I recognize joy. Without chaos, how, then, peace. Chaos has […]
If Only
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Despite our greatness, our most stellar accomplishments, a time will come when age robs us of the facility to continue, and we must decide it’s time to succumb. Not to death, but to the dearth, the lack of ability. How will we have the heart to simply […]
Alive And Continuing
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Slide and hide from life, yet you are sure to be found. Whether you end up in the gutter or discovered to great renown. Someday you too will be forgotten, relegated to the depths of time though I and others may breathe the same air as the […]
Believe Exhausted
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ The body of the cosmos pirouettes. Do you feel dizzy or nauseated? You’ll never know the reason why, but many will posit theories, make guesses, proclaim pronouncements. There’s always someone who is sure they know the answer, even when they have no clue as to the question. […]
One Spark
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ No matter what words, subjects, phrases I pursue, I only write about love. It is the heart of my heart, the background which holds the entire universe together. Therefore, every brief thought leads always back to love. Let fear and hatred band together and batter at the […]
Never Expect
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Dissonant, dark, and dangerous, entirely lost in translation, or can you tell me the meaning? Why we are driven to distraction within the scope of our sound carried to another time and place, another space which is locked within the terror and our horror committed on humans […]