Honoring

distance brings us closer

pastel sky and all,

clouds high above the head

no air at all...

we sit is isolation among

the trees so dear,

some of which are curved

severely in honor

of our age...

umbrella designs they

all appear to have

so tall it does not matter

but the beauty they provide

is far superior...

we see our future in these trees

their distance magnified

by their height...

we are consumed by them each day

frightened by them at night,

despite their overbearing presence

they represent our plight,

never knowing what will cause

our lifetime of delight.

January 11, 2025

Winter's Lament

dance and prance in snow
white flakes falling
animals hide
children collide
playing outside
in the cold...
by the fire we sit
all warm and cozy,
listening to the tunes
on the radio,
cable is down
our dog's in the pound
we have no means
of retrieval...
lost in the snow
is the ghost of us all
as we fret and complain
about the chill...
and all's we know
is it ain't like the fall
but spring don't arrive
until much later.

January 11, 2025

Anxiety Unleashed

dawn turns night light on...  we
put down our evening spectacles,
doors open...  doors close...
we walk through most while
ignoring others of which we're unsure,
night bring us comforting 
easily removed during the day,
we shield ourselves unknowingly
through our unintentional ignorance,
light lives inside the darkness
darkness hides inside the light
waiting for the opportunity
to release its depravity on all
those unsuspecting souls who
trust in the nature of mankind...
we wave our minds into its service
unleashing our anxiety at will,
surrendering nothing to the new-
comers who walk upon our shores
as if invited to our family vacation.

January 9, 2025

Enlightenment

arrives at dawn
when we least expect it
with the chores and
routines of the day...
it ushers in sunlight
from the dreary darkness
opening minds
both young and old
new insights
courage
removing poisons from
the previous day
encounters and 
extraditions...
it cleanses the mind
of rituals
long since followed
admonishing
their likeness to the
hidden truth,
calculating the exploits
of those who failed in
preserving our world.

January 8, 2025

The New Life

inside the warm coziness of the mind,
I wander aimlessly through memories
timeless in nature, full of turmoil and
doubt of life's reality, clinging onto
existentialism and life's absurdities,
suppressing and oppressive, keeping
our beliefs from freely forming...
prisoners of ourselves, living in
mental cells of our own creation,
blaming and pointing fingers at
those we hated, distrusted, and
wanted to die a horrible fate...
the new generation we were with
all the right answers, solutions
and reasons for society to change,
according to our plans, our beliefs
our idea of what life should be
what it should not be and who
should benefit from these changes.

January 7, 2025

Government

who are we to decide
who should live,
who should die?
what manner of creature
are we to kill for sport
and not for survival?
are we the chose few,
the ones for whom
this world was created.
I wonder...
as should you but
you do not...
as long as you have
what you want...
shame on those who
care this way
and not on the way
of the future...
we deny ourselves little
demand much
return nothing
and wonder what would 
our lives be like if we
didn't have government.

January 6, 2025

Cyber Wilderness

lost in a cloud wilderness
found in another,
cyber tricks played on
unsuspecting users... 
criminals hide in underground
caverns - theie hunters take
time out for lunch...
best wishes are sent out 
via email or texts as
we plan our protests in
online chat rooms,
where no one, that we know,
is listening in like they
were at home...
males swing from the tops
of trees like monkeys
to break and enter into
the dwellings they want
check out for purchase...
facts flow freely in the minds
of the accused as they have
their attorneys bribe the
judge with inaguaration tickets.

January 4, 2025

Damaged Souls

far from the crowd

far from those who care
far from the edge
too close to the other side.
not beside or not within,
between this or that
in rapid succession,
delve into it with me
or not, it matters litte
what you do or think,
when we are the wrong side
no one listens to our pleas
or our concerns...
we are the forgotten
the over-looked
the scraps of lunch 
discarded out back doors
as if dogs to feed
and little more...
we are what you were
what you left behind
what you refused to admit
you once were and more
and in the end
we perished along with
your destroyed soul.

January 3, 2025

Birthday

Age brings us wisdom
as faculties fade
moving less freely
like we did before
hearing and seeing
each day’s beauty…

Age brings us memories
of times remembered
births and birthdays
special events
and summer vacations…

Age brings us peace of mind
fairy tale days without
the worries of places to be
and people to meet
or errands to run…

Age brings us confidence
where we are who we are
and birthdays as just
another reminder of how
fortunate we have been.


January 3, 2025

Blinded Leaders

mellow minds we have not

hate is the flavor of the day,
we pride ourselves on intelligence
but fail to engage in compromise,
wealthy leaders tell us when
and how to act, preventing us
from becoming like them,
hoping we do not notice
and plan a quiet rebellion...
our days are numbered
so they say these scholars
why try to teach us well
but their methods are somewhat
distorted when politically
influenced by their beliefs...
nowhere is it written that our
society must band together
and unite yet it seems only
logical it is our only choice.

January 1, 2025