Omens
Plastics In all shapes and sizes Litter the banks As the river rises Omens of Environmental crisis
Category: Written Thoughts
Return to Sender
If life had an option Like the USPS Return to Sender For these, check yes: A cold, the flu, feeling blue Bills, mortgages, taxes due Hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes too Depression, anxiety, haunting you Poverty, hunger, times of war Insomnia, nightmares, evermore Missed opportunities, Failing scores Heartbreak, death, nevermore
Sweep Away
Sweep away anxiety When it appears So, it cannot grow And turn into fear Sweep away hatred Before it ignites Into a lifetime Of ignorant fights Sweep away criticism Before it is heard By innocent ears As hurtful words Sweep away apathy That just doesn’t care And choose to live Awake and aware
Crybabies
Crybabies cry ’til they get their own way Unable to hear The words others say Stomping their feet Fists pounding the table Conversation? No, they’re not able To see any further Than their own nose To reach past their ten Piggy wiggly toes Crybabies cry Until someday they learn Noise is just noise, But… Read More Crybabies
Unspoken Words
They haunt, they howl In thoughts, in dreams Unspoken words Become whispers or screams Born in the depths From memories of old Unspoken words Are meant to be told To comfort, to heal Our hearts, our heads Unspoken words Are better off said But if they are hurtful Critical, or cruel Better left unsaid… Read More Unspoken Words
Scattered
Scattered are our thoughts Our dreams, our intentions Our secret wishes We dare not mention They fall by the day By the month, by the year They fall one-by-one Before they all disappear Scattered by wisdom By truth, by fear Judged by what we see Swayed by what we hear Scattered are our thoughts… Read More Scattered
Hunger is Real
The birds search for seed At dizzying rates But we, we all Leave food on our plates The squirrels bury And ration their food But we, we all Eat without gratitude Some people worry About when next, they’ll eat But we, we all From our diets do cheat Forgetting it’s a privilege To have… Read More Hunger is Real
Nameless and Faceless
Living in the shadow Of gods and men Are nameless and faceless Women and men Giving of themselves Again, and again Living in the shadow Of gods and men
Intention
Born from the rhythm Of a beating heart Emotions can only Tell the story in part The brain will edit What the heart knows is real Assigning words For what the heart truly feels Yet, words lay dormant On the tip of a tongue Waiting to be empowered By breath from the lungs That… Read More Intention
Tired Feet
Tired feet shuffle Down worn dusty paths Not knowing where they’re going Not finding a way back To the place, they used to know To a time, they weren’t so tired When the road that lay ahead Was swiftly traveled and admired With a lightness of step On a path barely worn When feet… Read More Tired Feet
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