Tag Archives: hope
So Little Has Changed
What are the numbers, does anybody know? Does anybody care how many we have to go? Can anyone, anywhere believe it’d get this high? Probably so, as we continue pretending to try How many incidents are recorded each week? Not just in the world, but also of here I speak This time it’s one and […]
Taking Your Chance
What do you do if you discover you don’t like your life? When the wonderful choices you’ve made lead to strife Not all of them, certainly, but you feel stifled, unfulfilled One more day you’ll spend praying your world is stilled What you dreamed, do you remember, or who you’d be Memories lost in the […]
WYGIWYSNISM
Is that the best you can do, one of them asked I think I’d do much better if you just relaxed I think you’d do better if you ever learned how A fine time you’ve picked to think of that now You’ve hinted you want it done but never asked Always be polite, we’re told; […]
Live In
‘Tis a gift to be simple and uncomplicated |No bartered existence to prove we’re alive Sit silently, existence within contemplated No more true separation than bee and hive Appearances deceive, it’s all grand illusion Alone, the same centers, edges and middles So rapid, intricate that we live in confusion While the chorus relaxes, sings and […]
Even When, We Must
We must celebrate what’s good, but expose what is wrong We must never be complacent; say the day cannot be won We must guard the gains we garner, no matter how small Even the smallest light, the tiniest step forward benefits all We must fight against the fossils who pull us back in time We […]
Serial Friday ~ Arcadian Journey
Chapter Five Stento and his companions gathered food and weapons and hurried into the night. He, or one of the others would return at intervals for essentials they couldn’t make or trap, and to see their loved ones. The settlers thought their capture would be simple. With their communications satellite’s scan of the planet, they […]
The Other Shoe
In times which try you, foil your plans Do you hold on tightly with both hands Sink beneath the waves in dark despair Hope someone saves you; no one’s there If all days, weeks, years, the world stinks You feel so hopeless, know you’re jinxed You don’t know how to thrive or survive Question just […]
Serial Tuesday ~ Toliver
Chapter Six Toliver studied the room as he followed Joad to the front of the hall. As he suspected he might, he saw wood on display everywhere. Wood skirting ran around the room, as did ornate crown molding. Fluted wooden columns ran up both sides of the six, large windows on each side of the […]
So I Dream
Politicians rarely do what is needful, only if expedient They are all so greedful, with more than can be spent See them stand there sincerely, butter wouldn’t melt Hearts frozen, all ice and stone, so nothing’s ever felt Any cause moves them if it will win them an election Convince you they‘ll more than help, […]
Serial Friday ~ Arcadian Journey
Chapter Four When Eni awakened, Stavo had a lavish breakfast ready and they sat and enjoyed it and each other, ignoring a buzzing tension in the air. When Eni returned to the station house, it was quiet as a grave. Bill Condry manned the day desk and sent her out on patrol. She checked on […]
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