Tag Archives: bullets

It’s Time!

It’s time the bleeding stops. That’s what I heard the man on the radio say. At least that’s what I think he said, what I remember, would that I did not. He wasn’t talking about Paris, 11/13/15. Such senseless carnage, he should have been. Nor was he talking about New York City 9/11/01. He was […]

Redefining War and Peace

The words you will read below, with additions today, were first published here in November 2013. I believe the message is clear and illustrated daily by senseless violence around the world. PBH War, armies, death, destruction, terror, horror and fear fill our news and our days. All these are our reality and damage our peace […]

War and Music

The held breath Anticipated moment Awaiting Fall of the baton Order to attack The battle begun Enemy engaged Black notes Nebulous faces Hours of practice, drill Engraving response Into your body Your mind, being Carving moments Movements Into your soul Send up a prayer To a higher power Universal spirit Favored deity To watch over […]

Stepping Out

All the myriad steps we take in life Number into millions, I’ve no doubt No matter where we go, what we see Many never realize what life’s about

Nothing Left to Give

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 interaction […]

Business as Usual?

Could it be we all simply do not care Enveloped in our sad and petty lives Trusting wealthy, politicians, swearing Won’t alter Earth so only they survive Hasn’t happened yet, that I’m aware Nor a thing to help our world survive We might well live outside, walk bare Any leader we asks only jukes or […]

Happy Trails to You

I look around and wonder what each of us sees Where I sit, it’s cliché, the forest from the trees I’m, like, listening to, like, voices impressed, like Never mind, I think I will go out for a long hike We mistake politicians for leaders, know they lie Kill, discredit true leaders, but do we […]

What Do We Fear?

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 our […]

I Wonder Why

Why do I bother to care about gun violence? The recent Umpqua Community College shootings near Roseburg, Oregon but one more in the continuing occurrences of similar and related school shootings. While shocking and disgusting, the news also left me feeling numb. Whether you set the number of school shootings, starting with Sandy Hook, as […]

You Cannot Know

We need not raise our voices That would hardly be civilized I mean we’re not talking of war Not even talking rumors of war Simply calculating profit and loss Guns sales as profits, lives as loss It is only criminal if we’re caught When at war; so when are we not Yours are the lives […]