Posted on December 24, 2014April 15, 2021 YEAR’S END On my daily walks I am beyond The inexorable reach of headlines Months ago I left Facebook and Made a cheap vow to ignore the gridlock In our sorrowful culture But the screams and charges sneak through Like the guilt of a favorite character Who comes face to face with her own complicity; When grief came – seeping in Around the edges of her being – The openings she is unable to conceal Today, in my rented depression, Grief dressed for battle and screaming Hatred and death in the streets Overshadows that Overworked and overlooked Emotion — love. Loving one another should be so easy, right? Wrong. Our hearts remain an Unprofitable wilderness; Barren, drought-stricken stretches Of leather bent on Destroying that which we Cannot control We all are simply the people we’d like to think we are – We measure our goodness by what we Don’t do Like Where we don’t Go Who we don’t Include And we fight inscrutable, defensive battles All in service to the ego Making us Mechanical Flavorless people Unable to acknowledge The alchemy of delusion Share this:ShareFacebookWhatsAppEmailRedditLike this:Like Loading...
Posted on April 5, 2014April 15, 2021 NOTHING COLD CAN STAY Today it will not be 60 degrees A headline ripped from the Tabloid of terrible weather Hard to stay current in cold Trying – even with chilly headlines From the Gray Lady Words in search of life beneath Storm-gray water, brown mud that has Rolled over unsuspecting souls with Other places to be All engaged in the struggle for What was… Blinking in disbelief at the instant of What is … And no clue as to What shall be… And the headlines With their harsh reality prove All the truth a soul can bear Get up! Stop flopping around On that dirt floor of self Screaming at the injustice As if Nature’s earth-shaking, Watery bells Are ringing the catastrophe Of fear and suspicion for the first time Get up And do something Share this:ShareFacebookWhatsAppEmailRedditLike this:Like Loading...