Choice Suspended
There is no winning
just an upper hand
The scoreboard fluid
as change commands
The odds on fire
to win or lose
With choice suspended
— the moment skewed
**
Flows A River
Why in the world
would you care
And if you did
would it matter
Our differences
vast
And incongruence
shatters
Diametrically
opposed
With a canyon
between us
Where truth
flows a river
Never filled
— by consensus
**
No Quarter
The arrogance of
importance
Plato
staking his claim
As thought
gives no quarter
Where truth
— is proclaimed
**
Death Sentence
Meandering
through life
Our consciousness
bought
A capital
sin
Forgiveness
— is naught
**
Lip Service
I approve the better
but follow the worse
Entitlements hostage
— alone in the hearse
**
The Magic Within
Music has no borders
and no axe to grind
Love has no labels
but seekers must find …
The magic within
both the sound and the heart
To change what an army
— must yield in their rout
**
Fair Winds
The #1 indicator of good health
— nothing happens
**
Bestowed
When diffidence
takes precedence
over enlightenment and fact
All confidence
in abeyance
every gift is abstract
To believe is
confirmation
of what the spirit will know
Giving credence to a memory
more than gifted
— bestowed
**
The Moment Upon Us
Resetting
your watch
the end coming soon
Ignoring
the ticking
whose bomb will bring doom
The sands
running thinner
the hourglass clear
The moment
upon us
— when doubt turns to fear
**
Nerve Endings
The one thing
I know better
than anything else
Is myself
plain and simple
— viscerally felt
**
Ballast
The more you learn
the less you need
Your burden lifting
— as lessons free
**
Let’s Begin
Can you think it
— I can think it
Can you feel it
— I can feel it
Can you claim it
— I can claim it
Can you live it
— let’s begin
**
Jumping The Rim
I lived most of my life
in a fishbowl
floating and swimming
in place
Watching in awe
at the consequent sprawl
while confined to my
own little space
One morning I took
it upon me
to swim fast from the depths
far below
And once jumping the rim
I was freed of my fins
there to run
— where a fish never goes
**
Once Out Of The Barn
Hello
opens a door
Goodbye
— cannot close
**
Remade
I lived my life
broken
never wanting
to mend
Killing every
emotion
that was poisoned
on end
Denuding their
power
I went on
my way
And forty years
later
content
— and remade
**
Betrayal Is Fatal
A human
German Shephard
you get only
one chance
Mistreatment
is terminal
and you’re barred
from the dance
My loyalty
total
beyond question
or fear
But betrayal
is fatal
and banishment
— clear
**
Both Bleeding Red
A disease
or an ailment
who gets to decide
What matters
the name
when two planets collide
Tomato
tomatto
they’re both bleeding red
Beyond what
you call them
— beyond what is said
**
Point Of No Return
With hate
there’s still hope
When emotions flatline
— it’s over
**
But In Name
More than strangers
less than friends
Forced estrangement
time portends
Brothers — Sisters
but in name
Exiled feelings
— parental shame
**
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