pop's poetry

Category: Family

  • time warp

    I don’t even remember November
what the hell is happening
why does time need to speed
there’s a warp all of the sudden
in minutes
in decency
in frequency
of mindless things
so now we surrender December
the white flag already raised
to the onslaught we’ve wrought
by rushing to the next thing
and neglecting, not protecting
each precious moment
to create a world mindful and kind full
we can pause what’s happening
and step off this dreadful treadmill
opening up to peace and
to breathing
instead of seething
before these moments pass

  • revolution

    Fear is not a reason to decide
Resolve makes for better choices
Both personal and collective
I will not be afraid:
As a person
As a husband
As a father
As a leader
As a follower
As a friend
As a lover
As a voter
As a human
I resolve:
To support change for good
To love my neighbor
To have no enemies
To honor truth
To embrace equality
To walk in justice
To seek humility
To practice mindfulness
To abolish fear
Resolve removes fear
Resolution feeds revolution
both personal and collective

  • moments

    There are moments when the world stops breathing
A sharp inhale and then silence
And for a few seconds you can hear
You can see
You can smell
You can taste and feel what is supposed to be
I hold my breath with the world in the stillness
I focus my mind on nothing
And everything that I can hear
I can see
I can smell
I can taste and feel what I’m supposed to experience
Then the world takes a breath
And so do I
Richer and wiser

  • simply love

    Though there isn’t anything
simple about it anymore,
I choose to simply love
and that brings back
the times when true
love was simple.

  • no planet b

    There's no other place like home
Nowhere else for us to roam
Like the planet where we live
Let us all begin to give
To Mother Earth love and care
Above all to be aware
Of all the places we can roam
There's no other place like home