Category Thoughts about change

What Do We Fear?

4 Questions Concerning the Fate of Humanity It is not a question of who we have been or even who we are now. It’s a question of who we become. More importantly, it’s whether we choose or whether we continue to embrace the pain and chaos we manifest and appear to revel in, in our […]

No Doubt

No doubt, I’m quite certain More difficult than comedy Comedy, I am told, is hard To see behind the curtain Know your future homily Try, draw the winning card

I Wonder Why

Why do I bother to care about gun violence? The recent Umpqua Community College shootings near Roseburg, Oregon but one more in the continuing occurrences of similar and related school shootings. While shocking and disgusting, the news also left me feeling numb. Whether you set the number of school shootings, starting with Sandy Hook, as […]

Where You Find It

Creative venues, I’ve sometimes said, inspire Me, to there create, ignite a spark of living fire Whether this expresses me as a saint or a liar From mud pies, imaginary games, till I expire Yet, mud pies return to earth and man to dust If drawn to a monk’s meditation or carnal lust

Unable to Decide

Life, today, finds me unable to decide Discovered a calling, along for the ride Along for the ride is the answer direct If it is tackled head on or circumspect Mired within thoughts, feelings, words Dreams flashing by like flocks of birds Though sometimes I grasp one in hand More than two destroy what I […]

You Cannot Know

We need not raise our voices That would hardly be civilized I mean we’re not talking of war Not even talking rumors of war Simply calculating profit and loss Guns sales as profits, lives as loss It is only criminal if we’re caught When at war; so when are we not Yours are the lives […]

Recently

Recently, I heard it said Out of body life our lot Though, you say it’s not We oft live in our head

Bet It Ain’t So

Please, breathe deeply and let it all go Why worry about how little you know? Sit back and relax and go with the flow Like you are buried neck-deep in snow Unless you’re loaded, rolling in dough You don’t count, case you don’t know Wage-slaves, drones held down below Have a drink, toke, a nose […]

Anywhere and Everywhere

Could it be that I have found my perfect place? You could join me; it’s not a contest or a race. Because you all are ever, always welcome there. Plenty of good food, sweet water and clean air

How Now

How will I find my way back home? Lost in ruts, deep in darkness, pain How will I discover my path to you? Sunlight fails to enlighten me, illuminate my soul How long must I continue going nowhere? When I am constantly moving, striving How may I stop feeling insane? Unable to unlock my emotional […]