Category Writing
Awakened?
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Awakened from or into a nebulous scene, I wonder if I have drawn dusk or dawn. A cabin in the distant burns a single light. Fog fills the valleys between stepped hills, the birth or dearth of endless possibilities. Do I see a first light of night, […]
Into the Wilderness
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Coming from the crowded places where people abide, I forget the vast stretches of open ground I see when I fly. It looks almost imagined it’s so enormous, with occasional straight lines, the sign of people. Perhaps, that’s the sure sign we don’t work with nature, follow […]
Joyful Tomorrows
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Dance and sing, bring the feast, join into the celebration. We must find the joy everywhere around us, hidden and in plain sight, like flowers and balloons, natural and man-made. Beyond laughter, which is but expression of a deeper feeling, dealing with our life’s hidden sorrows so […]
The Angels Came
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ All the dead grasses linger, yet, they still speak to life. Reflecting our own toil, our own strife. Hidden in the sky and the ground, the secrets of living and life that abound. Tell me you love me and I will be happy knowing you’ve found me. […]
Hold the Sun
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Soft and sonorous, the world sings, brings forth life in great fecund masses. What passes for daily existence fraught with cooperation and resistance, each to its sphere? Even as natural as the moon. Unlikely, until we see the patterns. Hold the lanterns before the darkness–stark and limited […]
Either Way
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Haplessly, helplessly, I sit and ponder my existence, like watching a traffic light, waiting for it to change, giving me permission to go. Yet, only I am stopping myself. Such is life. We may follow rules or ignore them. But we control our own actions. Not only […]
Screamed Their Joy
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Kites were flying in the autumn breeze that danced above the cove leading to the bay. We watched them together, hand in hand, laughed with the children who ran and screamed their joy in life. ~~~~~ Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is […]
Our Longing Gaze
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Power and glory sing the same. Bring to me the peace of plenty, the songs of angels and demons. Do you believe not the demons sing? Some would joke that this torment enough to make Hell more than hideous to behold. Who needs fire and brimstone, with […]
Opposites
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Oh, it sounds so familiar, like nothing I’ve ever heard. How can that be true, when it’s so obviously false? Listen, listen, there it is again. That sound I’ve never heard. More than ten times in a row. Sounds like a long way to go. Having found […]
Clears the Day
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ All creatures gathered deep in the forest to witness a glorious dawn. Nocturnals to their dens, Daytime creatures to pursue food and play. Weary of predators, some who cross the time between day and night. Though for that one brief moment, sunrise, a truce holds until the […]