pop's poetry

Year: 2021

  • i’ve got to…

    That’s how it starts, the spiral down
An eye twitch that begins slowly
The notice to your body
That anxiety is here
Taking over today
Every thought
Sinking

I’ve got to…

  • winter solstice

    The whole day is a similar length
But sunlight is the shortest today
A near full moon softens the night
‘til the sun can break through the fray

Love, my friend, always has strength
But at times the darkness holds sway
A warm smile can bring needed light
To a soul that is weak and afraid

Though the day is much shorter than night
As this solstice of winter makes way
In the night we embrace in our hearts
May we find the love that we crave

  • end of the republic

    What comes next
At the end of our Republic
Calmer minds need to guide
As this slow dissolution
Plays out in front of us all
What comes next
When this Republic fails
Eaten away by the differences
Rusted by lies sold as truth
Amplified by our connectedness
What comes next
After the final Republic breath
Its heartbeat races too fast
In fear of the other
Soon to finally rupture
What comes next
Will not look like this Republic
The world is waiting to see
As are the children
Whose only hope is peace

  • halloween

    the children keep coming
well into the evening
ghouls and goblins abound
witches and superheroes
and the occasional princess
sweet as the sugar we’re pedaling
they come and go every year
and never seem to get older
gladly taking candy from our
spotted and wrinkled hands
as fast as we can hand it out
placating the never ending hoards
coming to our door again
this year as with every year
and again our hearts are as full
as our bowl of candy
for on this night at this house
the joy of the children
is all the magic we need

  • bookends

    From take a knee outrage
To take a life insurrection
Bookends to a failed experiment
White nationalism
White supremacy
White privilege
“White fragility”
Supported by an Evangelical cult
Itself with two bookends
Unborn babies
Religious privilege
While born babies get put in cages
The other is outcast
Other colors
Other countries
Other religions
“Other fragility”
Bookends need to be placed
To hold the constitution upright
Reparations then Reconciliation
Redemption comes with a price
Not for an end times jihad
This time
This place
This country
“This fragility”
Time for cult members
To see the light
Of Freedom and Justice
For All
The two bookends of unity