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  • unsaid

    unsaid

    I’m not sure you’re listening
    to the unsaid and unheard
    conversation that is happening
    between moments in the noise
    that surrounds every moment

    I’m not sure you’re hearing
    what seems so loud around you
    in the dance around the obvious
    thoughts that hang in the silence
    between the known and unknown

    I’m not sure you know what is
    right in the memories so deep
    and the moments that drift
    by every time you ponder a
    future that can never come

    I’m not sure, so we still wait
    and watch for a time to say
    what is unsaid and unheard
    until a quiet moment appears
    and allows silence to speak

  • the theory of everything

    the theory of everything

    The road not taken
    May have been
    May still be
    A path I’m on
    Step by step
    In no direction
    In a different dimension
    I may be a poet
    Or a shepherd
    Given the choice
    Taking a chance
    Peeking inside
    The cloak of dark matter
    The coiled worlds
    Outside my vision
    In a different dimension
    I may be a gardener
    Or a physicist
    My strings slowly vibrate
    Ready to create
    Beyond what I see
    Through the looking glass
    The waves reach
    Undulating universes
    In different dimensions
    I may not be
    At all


    Tip of the hat to Michio Kaku

  • seasonal creeks

    seasonal creeks

    full after a storm
    muddy and messy
    a beautiful glimpse
    of abundance
    and impermanence
    may I be that
    this day

  • away

    away

    Let your feet take you where your mind slows down
    When the world around you is too much to bear
    And the people surrounding you don’t seem to care
    Let your feet take you far, to a quiet place go

    Let your feet take you where emotions are calmed
    When your worry mounts up and you’re filled with doubt 
    Find solace in the wild space that you seek out
    Let your feet take you far, to a peaceful place go

    Let your feet take you where your soul can rest
    When anxiety builds and dark thoughts start seething
    Bring nothing with you but your presence and breathing
    Let your feet take you far, to a placid place go

    Let your feet take you where nature can heal
    When your heart is heavy and the pain is too much
    Hear the wind in the trees, feel its soft gentle touch
    Let your feet take you far, to a secret place go

  • independence lament

    independence lament

    A fool’s flag waves above a broken dream
    Bringing back to life a dried up stream
    Of racist thoughts and hate filled memes
    We thought had gone away

    A class war burns hot in every town
    Families rounded up, taken to the ground
    While we drop our bombs and children drown
    In the blood of those we slay

    The America we used to be
    Was a land of hope and liberty
    With rule of law and justice true
    Our light was bright for all to view
    The America the world now knows
    Is weakened by internal blows
    The fights within our sacred halls
    Have dimmed our light to none at all
    Have dimmed our light to none at all

    We pass racist laws that hurt the poor
    And claim with lies we’ve settled a score
    To regain the land from immigrants abhorred
    Who have no way to fight

    In the White House now there sits a throne
    MAGA traded the Christ for a god of their own
    They bow at the feet of an idol they’ve grown
    To begin the eternal night

    The America we used to be
    Was a land of hope and liberty
    With rule of law and justice true
    Our light was bright for all to view
    The America the world now knows
    Is weakened by internal blows
    The fights within our sacred halls
    Have dimmed our light to none at all
    Have dimmed our light to none at all

    To reclaim the pure day we all must stand
    And reject the cancer that claims our land
    To march for truth and freedom they banned
    For justice we too may bleed

    The fascists must know we will not relent
    Until never again a knee will be bent
    To the oligarch racists that hell has sent
    And we retake our land of the free

    The America we used to be
    Was a land of hope and liberty
    With rule of law and justice true
    Our light was bright for all to view
    The America the world now knows
    Is weakened by internal blows
    The fights within our sacred halls
    Have dimmed our light to none at all
    Have dimmed our light to none at all