Tag Archives: fear
#ASCOW
#ASCOW people, Any Solid Color Other than White Face violence and degradation all day and all night Each day fear, as the police state grows, gets worse Our legacy of subjugation, prejudice our daily curse Never will we change until we choose, join together Discard our past, or we perish, perhaps we’d rather The choice […]
A Fistful of Five
For those in need at home and abroad How can you believe that any of that’s healthy Because it was given me by someone wealthy Even so, you have no idea where it has been Besides, it’s not like you were given it by kin Why must you always be so nasty, so negative It’s […]
How Much
Part of me wonders why I feel lost When I sit right here in the center As I wait outside, to ponder the cost Just how much must I give to enter
Parting Comments
How many times have I auditioned for this play For numberless roles I have landed or have lost I may be tasked to exit my last stage on this day With my life and my hair both the color of frost Focus; my character must never slip from my face As the lead or as […]
Answers
Now is the time, the time is now The next questions, what and how Answer these questions to know where Though it’s always now and anywhere
Don’t You Know?
All our symbols of success and failure Are much more than they might appear Though they may not be what you think Paper, bits of metal, a conspirator’s wink If you are rich, you believe I am wrong All your wants, needs met, a happy song If you are poor, you know that I am […]
Ere We Fall
Who knows what we have lost to the cause of war Music, art, novels, plays, poems, films and more Bachs, Da Vincis, Berninis, Monets create wings The Shakespeares, Elliotts, Cassatts gone missing Would we find saviors numbered among the dead No way now to know to where they may have led Wars are equal-opportunity, high […]
Cherish Hope
I challenge you to cherish hope for a day Reject all violence, everywhere, find a way No press, socially reported evil worldwide Here or abroad, in the city or countryside Refuse to fear bullies, choose not to fight Gruesome deeds lose power without sight I urge you to step away from politics, war All, together, […]
My Head Might Explode
What convoluted scenes we nightly do create Within our dreams our world to contemplate When we can learn how, cogitate this fluidly We should then, finally, comprehend reality Yet our mind clearly contains what we need It has done its utmost to propagate this seed We, dullards who cannot decipher this code Cannot try too […]
A Living Hell
Imagine if everyone who had ever lived, lived forever Decrepit old carcasses stacked up like a cord of wood What? You thought we’d stay young, no changes ever That is crazy and totally absurd; it would do no good Consider history’s myriad heroes, sidekicks and villains Who’d battle to retain, increase, consolidate their power Plus […]
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