Category: politics

  • just one thing

    politics,
    a tempest in a teacup.
    most of us couldn't care less whether the
    GOP, DNC,
    Left, Right,
    Libertarian or Vegetarian
    win or lose.
    main street to dirt roads
    average joe and
    plain jane
    we all want
    just one thing
    from politicians.
    DO YOUR DAMN JOBS!
  • an open window

    After 50 years of evangelical prison
    and two years of freedom
    I can finally see
    the sun warms my face
    No more supposed to's
    and guilty penance
    for wrongs done
    in my life and somehow before
    Religion is the filthy rag
    trying to wipe clean
    a clear window
    leaving streaks of confusion
    Doing right, because it's right
    doing good, because it's good
    being love, because of love
    we don't need sermons or books to tell us this
    We can all see
    theology won't help you
    religion won't make it more clear
    just open the window and crawl through
  • green design

    Nature doesn’t need taming.
    Though it isn’t safe
    It was never wild, but
    Mature and wise,
    Seeking peace and balance.
    This is Green Design.
    Though from human thought
    It is not about points and politics, but
    Mature and wise,
    Seeking peace and balance.
  • jesus in the front yard

    A man’s house is huge
    As is his truck
    His job is steady
    As are his paychecks
    His equity is growing
    As is his waistline
    
    His life reeks of success.
    A smell others loathe
    
    He’s over housed
    Over booked
    Over taught
    Over read
    Over sold
    And almost dead
    To what is really going on
    And that which really matters
    
    It’s not one more hundred in his wallet
    Given hastily as the plate passes.
    It’s not one more check mailed away
    To some foreign country he won’t visit
    Much less pronounce
    Or touch
    Or really affect
    
    Jesus was in the man’s front yard this morning
    And the man asked Jesus why he let people suffer
    Jesus looked at his house
    At his truck
    At his wallet
    At his waistline
    Smiled a sad smile
    And walked away