Category Thoughts About Art & Culture
Remake the Mold
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ All the cracks are disappearing and we scramble to find more. Feel we’re trapped in darkness, going nowhere, nothing to see. Here or there, if no light leaks inside to show us huddled with our own, we smash the vessel. In future, we remake the mold. ~~~~~ […]
In Your Mind.
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Stroll languidly through Redwood trees. The soft, sweet whistle of a passing train carries your mind to a distant destination. A time long past or yet to come. Stretching you to grow into your full being. Stop in a clearing where sunlight filters to the ground. Brown […]
May Die Out In Time
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Some people are addicted to the feed, they know it works better than any RX. Up and down it drives their daily need. Now a crazy, rich guy renamed part X. Some see simply evil, others see good. It makes our brain muscle barely flex. It’s like […]
No Matter What
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Has the problem always been with us? I wonder. What do you think? Do you ponder the slow notes of the piano? Wonder at the length of time the sustain pedal is depressed. Surely, an odd way to look at life. It is close to the truth, […]
Only Ever
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ The moon singing with the sea, in soft voices many cannot hear. As light dances with night birds, plays with the trees and grasses. Oh, to let the moon and the seas whisper to me, to tell me secrets; mine alone. To hear, impart, to add my […]
So We Line Up
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ We set an arbitrary standard, usually learn by rote, without a sense of reason. No logic to how we vote, When directed by hate, fear, or both. We can then be swayed. Sheep who’ve been told they will be eaten by the wolf, so we line up […]
Another Dance
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Hear these steps of all soldiers dancing a waltz, on the evening before they are deployed. War awaits them, with certainty and horror; hiding the fear of death. Keeping their fear ever to mind. Until they almost wish for, hope for, pray for it to prey upon […]
Another Day
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ When the time has gone and come, we may have missed it either way. Factor all the changes, do the sums. It will all go and come another day. ~~~~~ Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Unite the World ~~~~~ Please, […]
Cover Your Ears
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Much like grabbing onto an electric fence; her arms locked, rigid, and she can’t let go. Constricted, restricted, hands become fists. What to punch? Who to punch? Maybe her, She cannot punch her child. Though after the fifth shrieking alarm heard tonight, she must rush out, away, […]
Adlib at Its Finest
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Have you ever seen a glorious sunset? Marveled at the chromatic hues of each dawn? Quickly snatched these magics, though there’s truly no way to hang on. Even if you can vividly imagine them, they’re already gone. Have no fear. They will come again on future days, […]