~~~~~ Smart phones are a boon and a curse. They unite, simultaneously isolate us. Rooted deep into our days, our purse, in oh so many ways they bankrupt us. Tech rules, talking, staring at a screen, cut off from each as we communicate. To the fly on my leg, it means nothing. In caves, no-touch […]
~~~~~ If I could save to world or me, oh, what a crazy choice that would be. I would choose to save the world, you see, but for my love, who matters more than the world or me. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Please, leave a […]
~~~~~ I look around and wonder what each of us sees. Where I sit, it’s cliché, the forest from the trees I listen to voices, talk spiced with the word like; never mind, I think I will go out for a long hike. We mistake politicians for leaders, know they lie. Kill or discredit true […]
~~~~~ I watch all the faces when I walk. I read their heartache, joy and pain. I imagine their stories, as if we talk. Despite tales I create, theirs remain. O so many stories and, also, so few. I think I read this number is seven. Basics match if not life, who knew? Bad, good, […]
~~~~~ I walked along the sea and sand, gathered followers on every hand. I did not know them, nor they me. Did we all wonder what we’d see? No clue why the trailed, accident? I strolled at leisure, with no intent. Houses and people all left behind. Was it but solitude I hoped to find? […]
~~~~~ I’ve heard, I have the same amount of time as all those famous folks who came before. That handful celebrated in prose and rhyme. So why do I feel stressed down to my core? Our world is faster paced than prior folk faced. Not better, not worse, necessarily, but changed. I’m sure for them, […]
~~~~~ I will not by my life be floored when I may take it on the chin, staggering till balance restored, stand up straight and tall again. Wait, could it be that I am lost, upright, walking a wrong trail? Perhaps not wrong, what a cost, timid, will I succeed, will I fail? Every […]
~~~~~ 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 […]
~~~~~ While club and maul and stick and mace may have been effective to smash a face, they all require study, practice and intent, maim or murder always what was meant. While the spear and stone or an arbalest, increased striking distance, were not fast. Designed to kill prey, as dangerous as us finished more […]
This is a piece I originally posted last May, but with the shooting at the synagogue in Poway, I feel like I need to post it every day. ~~~~~ Which Three Letters? ~~~~~ NRA, DOA, RIP ~~~~ The NRA pushes guns without any regret, as they myriad Needless Requiems Abet. Doubtless they think they deserve […]
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