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Searching for You
~~~~~ Natural light obscured by swollen clouds, rain-slicked streets offer me no reflection. Trudging on, collar high to ward off damp, as I turn a corner, searching for this, you. Frigid gale, shredding the vaporous veil, ebbs, whispering encouraging, revealing, our spinning globe of stars and galaxies, this modest corner of infinite space, time So […]
Still on the Shelf
~~~~~ Still on the Shelf A dog-eared page in an old book mirrors my mood. Phantom reason, marked as special, I fervently hope for unknown purpose, an unremembered time. Or, accidental, compressed too long, hidden, neglected, fragile, forest and trees, broken off, lost. Handle with care. My life attacks, a whirlwind child. Imperious Nature, unaware, […]
Today
~~~~~ Today, I stopped for coffee, don’t we all? Those of us, at least, who enjoy the taste. This isn’t completely caffeine’s siren call, only to sit, think, to savor, time to waste. I listen to nearby folk talk, and I wonder. How it is that all of us are now right here? Sometimes, I […]
If We Give
~~~~~ When in doubt, I find it is better to whisper than to shout, Not knowing what life’s about, may lead to our final rout. Though, if we don’t dispute, we might learn another route. Distribute the ill-gotten loot, make it better for all, to boot. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is […]
Listening Out Loud
~~~~~ What price sacrifice, what test passed, what good forgone? Do we know what to choose, if we’ve travelled far enough? Are we alone in deepest space or do we race the setting sun? That cannot be, the glint of unshed tears in your eyes, a bluff, your calculated actions, all designed to elicit tender […]
What We Always Knew
~~~~~ “How can I move forward, when I don’t know which way I’m facing?” John Lennon These words, so true, set my heart racing. With all I’ve learned, know how to do, and cool and useful stuff I can make, why never have I felt comfortable with life, or even the direction I should take? […]
Choices
~~~~~ Will I choose to wax political again? What vile offenses do my fears abet? I halted, when rhetoric grew insane., At night, I wonder if our sun has set, And if, at the end, only I will remain, all alone, when me they come to get? ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity […]
Paranoia Will Destroya
~~~~~ Strange, disturbing and unnatural, the sight I witnessed earlier today, two people, women, sitting outside, talking in the old-fashioned way. No phones, smart or dumb, no tablets, no pads, no games, no e-readers, could I detect anywhere. Should I go and warn our fear-filled leaders? Anyone not plugged in twenty hours per day might miss […]
Never a Wrong Time
~~~~~ It is not like I just remembered, though in a way I did, some part of me wanted to be a poet when just a kid. Like my artist, which got squashed while still in school, I’ve waited until my current age to find I had the tools. If I had been better, had […]
The Human
~~~~~ I have posted two versions of this, using different animals. It dawned on me today, I need to take a more direct approach to have a chance of actually communicating my fear. ~~~~~ Human! Human! spurning right Will you vanish in the night? When mortal weapon, hand or spree Shall end thee for eternity. […]
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