Tag Archives: change
Red Shifted
Red Shifted ~~~~~ Watching the news last night, noticed something, caused a fright. Stories full of depraved, depressing sights, ads for new medicines, so I will not die tonight Told who died, was shot, or another dastardly deed. Told I can’t breathe, my ticker’s bad, but they have what I need. A plane’s gone missing, […]
Time Alone
Time Alone ~~~~~ Are we contemplating our days of future past? Do we think anyone may remember us at last? Study us, analyze where, when, why we ended, find out how we died, greatness we pretended. Will they applaud us, the sun, moon and stars. view us like the finest horses, fastest race cars? Discard […]
Do Us A Favor
Do Us A Favor ~~~~~ For all the shooters out there, I have a request, whether you hail from north, south, east or west. If shooting many people jumps into your head; do us a favor, stay home, shoot yourself instead. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ […]
Clearly
Clearly ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment. ~~~~~ We’ll never stop dying or being born. Then, can we cease killing each other? If we shed blame, confront our reality, homo sapiens may survive to see peace. Clearly, we know much of waging war. From rocks and sticks to […]
Outside In
Outside In ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment. ~~~~~ Men, you, who think you rule the world and, anything, anyone is yours for the taking. Convinced it is your right you call it your destiny, manifest or personal, you stride forth. Step back. See your heavy footsteps, boot-prints […]
When Fear Fades
When Fear Fades ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment . ~~~~~ When fear fades, what will I discover? Maybe another person the same as me. One who struggles to meet like needs, who seeks the same answers that I do When anger fades, who will I become? Will […]
They Might Grow Up
They Might Grow Up ~~~~~ It is time to put people over politics, country over capitulation and world over wealth. ~~~~~ Emergency, emergency, everybody to clear the streets, The extremists are coming, the extremists are coming. Guns carried openly on the hip or hidden under arm; they will tell you it’s only the bad folks […]
At Least Today
~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Stop now, then continue, amble along city streets. Stroll down brassy, brightly-lit boulevards, replete, preening, peering at our distorted reflections, why, sumptuous shop windows, blank-eyed passers-by. Captured in, by all the lenses of many-eyed CCTV. Daily life’s digital Camera Obscura in […]
Climb of Beauty
Climb of Beauty ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ (Written while listening to der Winterreise — Schubert) Wondering, I wander within a wood, lost in thought, again, wonder without sight or care, though I might end up anywhere. I seek escape from my nightmare, to return to […]
And Then I Know
And Then I Know ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ I, one evening, going out to a recital, look away from my life, a brief moment. When my gaze returns, my perception changes, questions in my mind foment. Walking to the concert hall, after it’s rained, light […]
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