Entropy

The irreversible slide into chaos
Order to disorder, all things decay
Unless new energy is added
Improvements are made
We are not immune to poor maintenance
We are not immune to poor stewardship
Someone asked yesterday…
     why is the world falling apart?
While denying the entropy of their own heart
Ignoring the evidence of decline
Denying the existence of malevolence
Because they hear him speak
In a language that resonates with their own heart
The vibrations set in place
Like crystals that fracture along fault lines
Established in childhood, and never questioned
Because it is what has made them feel safe
It is what has made them feel special
But no one escapes entropy

Dreams of a Certain Age

Dreams of all-ages inform, and develop our fears
Develop our present,  fill out our futures
Adjust our memories of great and past glories
Or may feed the monster, our anxieties

We should be able to use them as we need
throughout life as a measure of ourselves
As a measure of how we fit into the world
Of the past, present and the future

Dreams of youth are for envisioning
A future-future, a world possible 
Seeing oneself in that future
Accomplishments, purposed glories, and joys

Dreams of a middle-age are for envisioning
A present-future for us and our children
Accomplishments for the family, however defined
And for higher and greater purpose and joys

Dreams of later-age are for envisioning
A present state of mind, a preservation of memories
To allow for shared-dreams of a state-of-mind
Beyond body present, but for purpose of peace and joy

To Be Known

With all the fractures and failings
With no side-guards and railings
With all the anxiety and worries
And yet all the stories and glories
As a package of many experiences
Of who I am, beyond appearances
Except in these inadequate words I write
Or the dreams playing in the dark of night
And the time of thought all alone
I explore that Id I’ve ever known
Beyond the image of what I am
To the heart and soul of what I am
Requiring love-sharing to be shown
And it’s quiet return for me to be known