Tag Archives: change
Other Plans
Other Plans ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ If I knew I was dying, what would I say about me? To you who knew me best, better, perhaps, than I know myself. Still, I have secrets. We all have secrets. What will I say about my life? […]
All So Simple
~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ What’s a person to do? When every day there’s something new, war and violence, feeling blue. So, what’s a person supposed to do? Rich fools spout madness, though some agree, guns for all, that’s best. Don’t you see? Braggarts and […]
We Would Rather
We Would Rather ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ We might walk in beauty but are the night, because, we would rather kill each other. We listen to those who preach peace and love. We would rather kill each other. We are taught to love our neighbors […]
The Long View
The Long View ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ We all think that we mean a lot. History tells us the answer is not. All of the names, cited in books, future will give no second looks. Burnt cinders, Sol’s nova flash, nothing left to throw in […]
Ere We Fall
Ere We Fall ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Who knows what we’ve lost in the cause of war? Music, art, novels, plays, poems, films and more. Bach, DaVinci, Cassatt, Monet, fodder of kings, Shakespeare, Elliott, Beethoven all gone missing. Would we find saviors numbered with the […]
Tangle Becomes Growth
Tangle Becomes Growth ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Is our understanding misunderstanding depend merely upon sounds we make, sounds we hear? What you think you’ve heard, I think I’ve heard Ultimately less clear, what we decide we heard. We speak in so many tongues, with first […]
Euphemism: The Cynical Silent Killer
~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Boots on the ground come marching, marching Boots on the ground come marching one by one Boots on the ground have not one specified role At least that is the bill of goods we’ve been sold Boots on the ground come […]
Throw the Doors Wide
~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ When our fingers cannot keep up with our thought, we’ll no longer think or write simply what we ought. Listen to your music, hear truth, deep in your heart, remembering this is always the place you must start. Turn the key, […]
Make It So!
~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Every day is a day to make new stories. Our own, the stories we alone can tell. Every day the stories we tell ourselves and others have the potential to change how we see the world, to change the world. You […]
The Road Returns
~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Follow now, with me, the unfolding Macadam, through these dimmed, fly-specked windows. Speeding from life, as if anyone gives a damn, keep our heads down no matter where it goes. On this concrete ribbon vanishing into distance, we hasten through the […]
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