Retaliation

fill your lungs with hate

your eyes with longing

ears with disrespect

your mind with unanticipated

contempt for those who

would disagree with you...

now is the time

not later

when anger subsides,

and the tension your

body felt relaxes...

take action now

make them regret

what they made you feel

all the turmoil through

which they put you,

the abortion of ideas

your brain demolished

after you decried your

merciless suffering...

make them pay...  big time.

December 5, 2024

The Photograph

one thousand words flow out of me
when I see that photograph,
lingering around in my memory,
moving from one year to the next
chronological and all...
pardon me, if I seem to be ignoring
my memories are calling me
out to play a little...
look inside my thoughts if you will,
find the wagers I have kept
in my back pockets...
borrowed time is calling me
and I have no answers,
save the photograph to share,
if that is acceptable?
wealthy with you beside me, I am
floating in the universe
aware of nothing
fearing it all will come tumbling
down upon me and my photo.
stand aside and let me pass,
let me step into the image
and disappear inside forever.

December 4, 2024

Generalized Opinions

our lives are better now than before
some say - others disagree.
I know not what to think.
both points of view are valid
both are incorrect as well...
everyone is not applicable
in these generalizations 
on which we base our opinions.
cope or not cope, we say
(not know who we is)
no one sees or hears the truth
which is what, I ask?
say no more, they say, we are
preparing to come for you.
dangerous times we are in
living or dead we become
immobilized in our thoughts,
actions and deeds and say no more,
nobody listens - we begin again.
believe as you will - listen if you can,
dare to stay the snake in the eyes
stand up for your beliefs...
generalizations are unfair.

December 3, 2024

Cooking Lunch

sights and sounds of life
all around me
scrambling about
flirting with the light
as their prey,
shadows hiding here
and there - a 
painter's delight...
moments of thought
interrupted,
delayed and rephrased,
delivered and summoned
as would a jury be...
skilled and unskilled
in the light obey
the traffic signs they
do not delay any longer
than necessary...
they say with contempt,
non provoking 
their disobedience is,
mocking about
in our lonely minds...
tempted to look inside
the pressure cooker
before it has finished.

December 3, 2024

Blissful Ignorance

believe or don't believe
think or don't think
you are the master of
your own ignorance,
choice is choice
or not...
when expecting to be
influenced or
waiting for others...
we exhume our own thoughts
when absolutely necessary
relying on others to
guide us prematurely,
not so forthright 
in our actions are we when
it pertains to the life
we would have liked
to live versus the one, we
were forced to live...
the cold mist of reality
blankets our minds,
clouds our vision
and teaches us to be
less protective of our future
than we once were when
our ignorance was bliss.

November 30, 2024

A Vast Universe

the wind blows across
tree branches outside,
I am reminded of the past,
sitting inside
in my recliner
observing what I can...
reminded of a time when
as a lad, I was full
of many ideas to revolutionize
the world in which we lived,
from toys to transportation
and points in between
like fantasies of space,
wars between planets and
ancient aliens who had
visited us once or twice,
the creatures imagined were
fierce and strong,
taking no prisoners,
beating down all who stood
in their way...  as if we
were nothing but ice cubes
falling from a dead sky.
It was a childish fantasy,
I suppose...
keeping me up at night
exploring the vast universe.

November 29, 2024

Humans Destroy

mindless souls flitting

about the universe,

random thoughts merge

into chaos...

soldiers fall on the battlefield

unnoticed because your

country is not involved;

weak minds control the weaker

for more power and the

world falls victim to a lost

universal metaphor,

when life on earth is no longer

cherished by the masses;

victims of our own affluence,

we blame others for our

ignored demise, looking to build

spaceship to flee what we so

willingly over the years destroyed.

November 29, 2024

Obesity's Party

too much of too much
we over-indulge
no longer slim in either
attitude or weight...
fashionably late to the table
unwelcomed guest results,
gorging ourselves on
finger foods left over
from yesterday's party,
out back by the creek
we barf it all over,
returning for more as if
we newly arrived...
obesity runs the show
during any holiday,
making sure only one or
two of them are invited
you will incur no debt
once they are gone.

November 28, 2024

Ingenuity

a judgement surrendered

decision lost,
fair market value no longer exists,
under siege by those who
make the laws and
those enforce them,
victims of an elitest class that
looks down on those
who wonder...
who question...
who want things better
than before...
a listless memory of sorts
no one remembers
but knows it was there,
like the sun, the moon, 
and the stars,
the existence of conjecture,
factoring good and evil into
a combustible thought...
an engine of sorts
destined to make the future
before the past catches up.

November 28, 2024

Enlightened

once or twice, I suppose
we think of others,
that is more the exception
than the rule...
what is in it for me,
they exclaim before
agreeing to do anything;
it is not that I disagree
with their logic
frame of mind or
attitude but can we really
exist like this in the
marketplace of today?
once or twice, I suppose
we think of others,
when it comes to drying
but even that depends on
distance and travel time;
we are encouraged to 
keep an open mind,
obey the golden rule
but those are just phrases
that we say and expect
no one to follow...
we are enlightened as
a progressive society.

November 27, 2024