Category Writing

What’s the Sequestion?

~~~~~ Why do we do the things we do, Pushing on through our pain? Why do we do it, when we know One option is to not walk again? I don’t think my pain leads to that; Yet, past fields, up hills we climbed. Still, I didn’t fall on my face, splat, A small grace, […]

Be Prepared

~~~~~ Prepare to hide your children. We are being invaded. Can occupation.be far behind? How can we be invaded? The troops belong to us. Have you started to worry? When will the teargas And the flashbangs change Into nerve gas and grenades Prepare to shelter your elders If they have not fallen To a virus […]

Answer to an Unasked Question

~~~~~ Passionate Pacific my daily inspiration, sunlight, sand and surf. Murmured messages wash on shore, chased by crashing waves. Warm strand, moonlit, twinkling on the swells, reflecting earth, Wind, water, weather form transient art, the sea gives and takes. Humbled by such vastness of ocean, rolling beyond the horizon, This and more besides to stir […]

No Guarantee

~~~~~ Blow it up or blow it down, No point us hanging around. We start again as a beginner If we lived as saint or sinner. Still and all, it’s been before; Not by us, so now our chore. Some craven but some brave, Dumb, brazen sum’s a grave. What it is, not bad nor […]

Between

~~~~~ Might I be such a clever person Who can say in but a few words, Between birth to my hearse gone, Something you have never heard? ~~~~~ VOTE, November 3, 2020! ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and let me know what […]

In Each Moment

~~~~~ Wrote these words      To pen a thought about a time now unknown,      far in the past or the future. I struggled when I found      the past too obscure, the future becoming now      in each moment that passes. Might as well try reading braille. The more that I thought         the […]

None May Know

~~~~~ Imagine, how do we tell our own love story? Do we believe love exists in a state of grace? Fear it will be a stroll along life’s razor edge, Plunge into the deep, head first, eyes closed. Do we make our dive unsure if we can swim? Will love’s buoyancy help float us on […]

The Voice on the Phone

When in Rome ~ Philip Brent Harris   ~~~~~ This was my yesterday. The voice on the phone said tell me your name. The voice on the phone confirmed my number. The voice on the phone asked me my problem. The voice on the phone would not understand. I wanted to speak to a real, […]

Healing?

~~~~~ What would we ask for, If there were only one thing? Would we walk along Streets and lanes, searching Wondering what could be The right choice, the easy answer, Not only for you, But also for me? Perhaps, we are seeking Is not something we can have, a fortune, Talent, great wisdom, immortality, But […]

Wag Chins, Flap Gums

~~~~~ Well, they all do make really valid points, Though their topic of discussion is unclear. If we all sit down and smoke several joints; We will then believe we’ve nothing to fear. How do we deal with overdose information, Religion, drugs, sex, TV, or move a mouse? Whatever, we succumb, labor or recreation, King, […]