Tag Archives: #onlineart

No Matter What

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Has the problem always been with us? I wonder. What do you think? Do you ponder the slow notes of the piano? Wonder at the length of time the sustain pedal is depressed. Surely, an odd way to look at life. It is close to the truth, […]

To Myself

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Could it be, I most easily tell you the truth, when I lie to you? Not maliciously, but lies asthe storyteller knows them. Using this method to dig more deeply into the truth of all that is. Is this simply the way I tell the truth to […]

Another Dance

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Hear these steps of all soldiers dancing a waltz, on the evening before they are deployed. War awaits them, with certainty and horror; hiding the fear of death. Keeping their fear ever to mind. Until they almost wish for, hope for, pray for it to prey upon […]

It Doesn’t Matter

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ If I watch you closely or surreptitiously, from the corner of my eye, will I finally see you? Might I notice your tell or mark, which I think gives the game away, at last. Will I merely delude myself by accepting your bluff as the ultimate truth. […]

Another Day

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ When the time has gone and come, we may have missed it either way. Factor all the changes, do the sums. It will all go and come another day. ~~~~~ Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Unite the World ~~~~~ Please, […]

Polite Society

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ We could always sit in different places. Individuals, though together we remained. Observing all the pleasantries and graces, while from physical contact we abstained. Not lack of love, hope or frowning faces. Simply time and circumstances pertained. We pull together, harnessed in our traces. Choice gone; physical […]

Cover Your Ears

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Much like grabbing onto an electric fence; her arms locked, rigid, and she can’t let go. Constricted, restricted, hands become fists. What to punch? Who to punch? Maybe her, She cannot punch her child. Though after the fifth shrieking alarm heard tonight, she must rush out, away, […]

Adlib at Its Finest

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Have you ever seen a glorious sunset? Marveled at the chromatic hues of each dawn? Quickly snatched these magics, though there’s truly no way to hang on. Even if you can vividly imagine them, they’re already gone. Have no fear. They will come again on future days, […]

Convince You

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ When our friends serve and die, or serve and live, both fulfill the hard moments that they must. We must have some of each to begin to understand. To remember and comprehend lives that came before and will come after. Though, in one sense, we have already […]

Rhythms of the World

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ A small child asks, “what is that sound? The one in the distance? Can you hear it?” You shake your gray head no. Realizing, at that moment, you can feel it vibrating through the soles of your feet. Climbing upward to fill your existence. Then, when you’re nearly […]