Weary to the core There is no rest No sleep That can restore
Is There Meaning?
Is this where it ends? Is the search for meaning empty? The fruits of faith simply confusion . I thought the meaning of life was relationship I have loved so many people And I show that By failing to keep in contact and rarely seeing them . Is it just me? Am I the defective... Continue Reading →
LIARS DEN
A whirlwind of lies This divisive cocktail of hatred Truth is no longer an option Protection of power; priority Predator hierarchy; mandatory Do whatever it takes to keep control Burn it all down this liar’s den Burn it all down and start again All the lessons from history You choose to ignore... Continue Reading →
Bail Out
You bail out the rich And hang the poor I don’t know what to think anymore Billionaire corporate hospitals Sending workers to the street As fat cats in their office take a money bath Meanwhile the janitor cleans covid Hoping not to breathe disease Through her mask made from a t shirt
Color Blindness
Color blindness is a part of the problem Trying to say we’ve moved past it Denies your history It denies the issue Good intentions won’t change the world Ignoring reality does not provide equality What is written on paper doesn’t always manifest in practice Yes color blindness is part of the problem The... Continue Reading →
Jumble
How are you supposed to compose this jumble of thoughts into a cohesive expression? How am I supposed to compose myself long enough to process? Lord help me I need to understand. How can we ever change if we are so unwilling to change? What the heck is this new editor? I guess it’s been... Continue Reading →
How can it be this way?
I am angry, so very angry I am scared and confused My heart breaks as my mind rages How can it be this way? We are all equal That’s what they say It is what I believe Yet it is clearly not what they mean When rights are abused Protected on paper Yet ignored... Continue Reading →
The cost was not worth whatever was trying to be achieved
Living the best you know how to The only life you know to live One day you get up And never go home This is the true cost Regardless of the backstory Or the backstory to the backstory All the way back to the origin The cost was people The cost was life... Continue Reading →
Separation From the Dream
It is a difficult grief to explain To have dreamed a dream So real and so true Only to be separated from it By failure Disappointing, unexplainable failure The heart aches The soul is heavy To dream and fail comes with a cost Yet so does not dreaming at all Is life without beauty and... Continue Reading →
Disinterest
The morning mists swirl A foggy cloud Obscures the objective of the day That is, assuming there is one Maybe it is just sleep Roll over and surrender to the disinterest Yet, there is fight There is always fight The fight remains stronger than the mists So forward I march
Limit the Limitless
So often we seek to limit the limitless Contain it in rules, in words, in a book We assigned a gender to the divine God the father, God the man God the person? God the human … hmmm But is that what God really is? Eternal, infinite God The holy, the divine We... Continue Reading →
Insignificant
The Universe, so infinitely vast With seemingly limitless possibilities Encapsulated by the impossibility Of really understanding it at all Particles, atoms, molecules Matter, it all matters The tiniest of details matters Cosmic energy maintaining the great dance of existence And we, the humans, on our little planet, our corner of it all A... Continue Reading →
The Light is a Window
Through the darkness A light invades Uncomfortable, unwelcome A shining light Interrupting Our comfortable slumber The light it appears Is a window Small & difficult to see through Yet, even from a distance You can see something different Something beautiful through the window The closer you get, the More you can... Continue Reading →
Lessons
There are some things that only experience can teach us Lessons only time can offer However the challenge, when taking advise from someone more experienced Is trying to discern if they have learned the things they were being taught Or if they simply allowed the lessons to pass them by
Finding Time
As time goes on The older I get It is not finding time To be creative That is the issue It is finding time When I am not exhausted That is the constant challenge I have so many half begun thoughts for season 2, yet so many unfinished pieces haha. It will all... Continue Reading →
Toe Waterfall
So there you are Thinking, worried About the "why" Maybe even the "how" And here I am With the “is”, only the "is" It “is” raining “Why” does not concern me I hold my foot past the porch A liquid crystal lands on my toe A solitary universe of hydrogen and oxygen It... Continue Reading →
The Age of Bones
There are times that I feel old Tired, stiff, ready to stop Though I’m not quite as old As my bones would have you believe Sure I could be carbon dated An accurate figure assigned As my joints complain Creaking and cracking My playful, mischievous mind Tells you a better truth Regardless of... Continue Reading →
Domain Change
While I was snoozing
My dot com I was losing
I suppose that’s OK
You see at the time I didn’t think I had anything left to say
After the Long Dark Night
After the long dark night The sun beings to rise Freshly illuminated with morning light Truth revealed as darkness dies Ominous shapes that lurked in the dark Releveled to be trees, new and alive Fresh growth sprouting from winter bark Hope springs as life continues to thrive Sometimes we must hibernate To build... Continue Reading →
Life is like a river
Life is like a river The current always flows The further down stream you get The faster it seems to flow Yet at times On a gentle bend It appears to slow Almost stand still Then when you look back The past seems so distant Children grow, too quickly Bodies age & get creaky Life... Continue Reading →
Is the music dead?
Is the music dead or simply quiet? Has inspiration left or is it just still? Internal conflict Or lack of interest? Undigested pain Or focus lost? The creative soul Enters dryness But not darkness A new frontier The wasteland wanderer Lost in the empty Is seeking a jungle of inspiration ... Continue Reading →
Cologne and Cigarettes
Cologne and cigarettes Each one hiding the other A masquerade of internal struggle Conflict of the soul The creative quandary The philosopher poses life's questions The expressions of doubt and hopelessness That spark songs The faithful lover, hopes and Writes of a future unknown Singers of songs Writer of poems Giver of hope... Continue Reading →
The thief in the night
Darkness swirls Jackals prowl The thief in the night Makes a move The victim, desperate Searching for a hero Has forgotten where to look Hopelessness ensues
Live With No Regrets
Love like there is no tomorrow
For there may be no tomorrow