~~~~~ The children flit from shadow to shadow. Hidden then exposed then hidden again. What’s the danger? It is no longer a game. Explosion heard nearby, as our seas rise. Weapons drumming staccato, as air burns Earth is barren. Nothing will grow hence. Grenades and mortar rounds launch even in a late, glorious smog enhanced […]
~~~~~ There is infinite time in space. There is infinite space in time. Whatever you think you feel, may not, in any way, be real. What does it matter if nothing has sense, if this is pretense? Change the present, not past. Can we begin change at last? ~~~~~ People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! […]
~~~~~ Fighting for breath but out in nature. Dardanelles trail, which locals will know. Walking here. Sometimes trees, sometimes no. I watch grasses wave in the wind. Seeds and pods still clinging. Trees sway more gently, Ones I see. Other walkers come up the trail. I wonder will they say hi to me? One said […]
~~~~~ What’s your sacred talisman? For today or always? Do you believe it will it keep you safe from harm? Is it a thing, a being you hold close io your heart? This luck may make you rich or leave you forlorn. Like, everything, luck has two sides, as duel faces. There is always the […]
~~~~~ Rooting out everything we decide doesn’t belongtill we discover through our haste and hubris, wetossed the nails and boards, left the toilet jammed. We believe there can’t be a problem, since we’llmove to another venue, continue the same play.Except there’s no other place we can go or hide. Not for most of us at […]
~~~~~ To Fight as Friends and Lovers Will life give us laughter or tears Like some presents, where we smile weakly, all the while thinking WTF. Do we choose what we receive or whatever paths we decide to take? Despite the straightness, strangeness of the road we travel now, we’ll Walk every other path, reap […]
~~~~~ Everyone I know likes to win, games, contests, lotteries or almost anything. Winning makes us believe the universe or the (G)god or gods we believe in have noticed us. More, not only have they noticed us, they approve. I’ve never quite grasped the concept that some supreme being, responsible for the entire universe, spared […]
~~~~~ What do we anticipate tomorrow holds? If filled with hope or harsh trepidation, it will not be tomorrow when it comes. What we thought, or not, infinite variations. ~~~~~ People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Unite the World! ~~~~~ See more of […]
Just Hanging ~ Philip Brent Harris ~~~~~ The sweet trilling of the flowers, baritone voices from an old grove. Neighbors for thousands of years find new sympathies to share or embellish the same stories, again, old conflicts in different ways than on myriad other days, other years. Bees buzz between boles, intent upon the bright […]
Event Horizon ~ Philip Brent Harris Cannot explain this to you since it’s still a mystery to me. In time, from a different view it may be something I can see. ~~~~~ People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Unite the World! ~~~~~ See […]