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Brightly Blaze the Stars
Brightly Blaze the Stars ~~~~~ Mentioned rarely in polite conversation, I follow you around. You will never see or hear me, because I never make a sound. Unknown land where I will someday lead you, an adventure; Sometimes I’ll snatch you unprepared, curtail your time here. Still, whether slow, sudden, I choose always the correct […]
Small and Petty
Small and Petty ~~~~~ Find, for me, a small and petty god. One grown right from my local sod. Who, as me, thinks, acts and looks. Who can be branded by the books. A proper deity, for me, should sate The horded hunger I have for hate. Teach spare the rod, spoil the child, Make […]
As All
As All ~~~~~ Captured the cosmos twinkling in a tyke’s eye, today. From somewhere foreign, immersing us in infinity. Religious, political refugees swallowing us in silence, different, skin, class, orientation defined. Strange, strained, altogether alien, fascinating but frightening. So similar, still, Dissimilar, diverse, exceptionally enigmatic, leaving us lost, besieged, bothered tourists in transit. Realize we […]
No Matter How Long
No Matter How Long ~~~~~ If tou finally own your creation, you suspect life knows. Path ahead should be clear, no-one stepping on your toes. Not life, it does not work that way, a game of yes and no; Life sometimes tells you stop and sometimes tells you go. A game, a carnival ride, a […]
Ad Infinitum
Ad Infinitum ~~~~~ I was sitting in a downtown cafe, looking for the words I wanted, listening to other people’s lives, fits and starts, dribs and drabs. O, what stories I could imagine. O, what stories could I imagine? of these people and their lives; the difference a single change, an opening, taken or missed, […]
Ours to Choose
Ours to Choose ~~~~~ What is it follows? Can it be found? Follows you around, Sometimes in front, Sometimes behind. Opens doors, Slams doors In your face. Sneaks in, Cheek by jowl, Cuts no slack, A burdened back. Dogs your steps, Manacles Your joints, Points of pain, Reminders Of reminders past. Needles and pins Stuck […]
I Don’t Know
I Don’t Know ~~~~~ My spring of words is running low and, I don’t know where I should go. Do I pump a mental handle, start the flow? I can’t figure it out, does anyone know? Perhaps, I must wait till it refills, though, I really want to write something now, so I want it […]
The Giftie Gie Us
The Giftie Gie Us ~~~~~ How then cannot we see our own true selves? The poet’s answer realized in our social media. Where we play half-fools, do naught by halves, constantly connected, from Twitter to Expedia. Do we ever look in this mirror that we created? Join we the grand communion, or voyeurs only? We […]
Circle of Life
Circle of Life ~~~~~ This moment, now, This turn on the wheel, Of our universal unicycle Of linear time. I understand Being everywhere And nowhere, In all places, All the time, Everyone, everything. Only our vantage Changes. So, persecutors now, Become persecuted, The hunter hunted, Prey the predator. As the wheel turns We changes positions. […]
Tough Guy ~ F. P. – 3
Tough Guy ~ F. P. – 3 ~~~~~ Fierce look without give, As the tough guy stares you down. Can you see his fears? ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and let me know what you think. See more of my creative offerings […]
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