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Awaken
“Awaken from your slumber!” she screamed into my mind; awaken from your slumber and see what you will find.” It seemed like an eternity since I had seen this land and the future that I now saw was not what … Continue reading
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Lament of the Capitalist
I see them each day, I hear them whine; concern for their cash is the vital sign. No sense of esteem, no value of self; a Piggy Bank sitting high on a shelf. They stack up their cash in a … Continue reading
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Waltz with Matilda
As I waltz with Matilda through lanes never known I look past the seeds that I know my life’s sown. I look to the future somewhere deep in my past; a place where I know long shadows were cast. I … Continue reading
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Words
There’s words unspoken, songs unsung, laughter silenced, bells unrung. There’s lives unlived, laughter unpeeled, stories untold and untruths unsealed and through it all where is the gain in this world long gone insane? Perhaps if we were to speak the … Continue reading
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The Light
I watch it burning sometimes; that bright candle in the room. I watch the way she walks about; bright sunlight in life’s gloom. I know I don’t deserve her and I often wonder why she chose a grumpy man like … Continue reading
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Stay To The Path
The battle lines drawn will never be clear; the enemy afar will ever be near. To win will be loss, to lose will be more; there is no surrender in life’s final war. Can we stand fast when our hearts … Continue reading
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The Bigot Within
There’s nothing like the openness of the bigot held within; that dictates to us what’s right or wrong before our thoughts begin. It’s always so high and mighty because we hold it so; that bigot tells us what we think, … Continue reading
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Words echoing in my mind
There’s words that come from who knows where, that fill my heart with love and care. I hear them echoed in my mind, their beauty is not clear defined but resonating deep within I cannot help but let them in … Continue reading
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Words from another place
There is a way, a winding way from deepest fear to light of day. There is no way, there is no path; it leads away from comfort’s hearth. It is so clear we cannot see the way that takes us … Continue reading
When Waters Rise
We’ll know their lies when waters rise before our eyes and our world dies. We’ll cry our woe but we should know ’twas our death blow; We’re our only foe.
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So much
So much madness So much sadness So much badness Need more gladness
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Eco-Warriors
It never stops; there’s always more to think and do in any war. The warrior, with motives clear walks on their path with panic near. So Eco-Warriors one and all please hear the sound of Gaia’s call so you don’t … Continue reading
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Gaia’s Worth
To the world within and world without, I often wonder what it’s all about. When I sit and look upon a tree I wonder how this beauty can be; how can this come from a simple seed? But then I … Continue reading
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The Final Joke
Life is simply death not done a race that’s run but never won. The toil of moving through each day thinking there’s no better way. To finally die is a release; at last a soul that’s left in peace. My … Continue reading
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End Of Days
I’ll tell you the truth, I will not lie; the planet’s fucked, we’re all gonna die. We’ve gone too far, there’s no reprieve our world now dies – no time to grieve. We didn’t listen when they spoke; we dismissed … Continue reading
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