Category Archives: Poems

Rain All Day

I hope it rains all day.
Let the world cry
for the mess we are
making of everything.

It should rain all day,
not just here but everywhere.
For sunshine washes
nothing away.

Let it rain all day,
until the seas are filled
until the world is refreshed
and there is something new.

When it rains all day,
we will sleep.
Dreaming we were better
than we really were.

And after this all day rain,
someone will remember
we are as temporary
as these flowers of spring.

I cannot remember tomorrow

but be assured of occurrence
and recurrentness of the theme
In legacy of gravity for which
we cannot explain.

In the attraction of time to
space, and persistent electrons
finding a way to a lower energy
we cannot explain.

However, today is a blessing
of existence and a smile is
a smile of persistence, this
we certainly can explain.

A Few Thoughts

Our bodies, are vessels of our souls
holding the essence of our existence

It is the things we seek which determine
our destination and guide our journey.

Those who surprise us along the way
define the contours of our spirit.

Our intellect and energy will drive us
toward our freedom and beliefs.

Our brains are the organ of the mind
holding memories and aspirations.

And yet it is the collective experiences
shared which bring us to love and joy.

 

Patriot

pa·tri·ot
/ˈpātrēət/
noun
a person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies or detractors.

Patriot

Vigorous and strong
for country, not a person or party,
for a nation of ideals wrought with
wisdom and forged in a crucible
of conflicts for the rights of all.

Rights enshrined in our constitution,
in our bill of rights, our laws and
represented in our flag and the
institutions over which this
flag does fly.

A patriot protects the minority
as well as the majority with his vigor
believing in the constitution for which
he will defend against enemies
or detractors… foreign and domestic!

Vigorous 

I love this word, it is like a remnant of the past,
it explodes on the scene but never seems to last,
an application of spirit and energy and even dare
I say muscle and intellect, something now so rare.
As I climb the steps of my imagination now slow,
it once was quick, two or more, certain I’d know,
where I was going and what would be at the top,
never realizing I’d find beyond this a long drop
into a far less vigorous state, where I’d sit thinking
what I’d not give to avoid the feel of energy sinking.

 

 

The Lionesses

They are passion, they are
the future and they lie still
when they must, they lie
in wait, not to satiate their
appetite but to destroy it.

Waiting until they see it as
their turn, their time.
Lionesses formidable moving
with power sleek toward a future,
a kill, a pride of coordinated capability.

Woe is the world who so
believe it is the old lion who
rules and leads, for he is
given honor, only so long as
he may serve their needs.

He roars and makes noise,
but is nothing without them.
In his stone heart, he knows, a lioness
will one day lead, and with her sisters
they will crush their hunger with a
ferociousness never before seen.

Never Mind

But of course you do
forgetting neither the never
nor the mind.

Never mind,
forget I asked,
don’t worry yourself.

Never mind
the pain, and continue
on, so you probably do.

Never mind
this request so needlessly
made, for I found it, as I should.

Never mind
those wasted words,
ill conceived and careless.

Never mind
but never happened
so it’s clearly forever.

Never mind
to use your mind.

 

 

Life Stream

Change is coming our way
for it is a part of life,
part of a flowing stream,
bubbling and brooking
along as the scenes change
as gravity holds us to our course,
and trees and boulders guide the way,
fairest creatures feed and nourish
from our waters, and we broker
other rivulets and bring messages
from the older times with us
as we meander in our own time
toward the grandeur of the sea.

Rage Against Tyranny

Tyranny of the minority
upon the majority.
The rain keeps raining.
The guns keep firing.
Freedoms taken,
as are innocents.

Politicians keep lying.
January 6 insurrection,
tyranny of the minority
upon the majority.
Whataboutism, prevails.
Where is Hunter’s laptop?

Immense wealth does not
satisfy, as mad men thirst
for power… tyranny of the
minority upon the majority.
Fight for our freedoms,
rage on for what is right.