DEMONIC BROWN BELT

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DEMONIC BROWN BELT

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Some folks have a unique skill set

It seems to come naturally to them

Without training, thought or effort

They have mastered the Dark Arts 

Of Scorn, Contempt, Ridicule, and Mockery

They ask hurtful, hostile questions with a fake wide eyed innocence

"Gee, I was only asking..."

They point out your every flaw, shower you with sarcasm

While making unreasonable demands for respect, attention, flattery

Time, resources and sympathy

And they are bitter and abusive if you don't meet their demands

They are busy bodies, snooping into your business

In the hopes of gaining an advantage over you

Something to use later for blackmail or attack

They gather fuel for the inner hellfire

That burns in their suffering restless relentless souls

That can never be appeased by sincere goodwill

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HOLY HOLEY

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HOLY HOLE-Y

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Declaring something as holy

That might be quite a task

We all have different criteria

So I guess it depends who you ask

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It could be a sacred location

It could be a stone or a book

Or all of nature might be holy

It depends on the eyes that look

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I don't have a way of knowing 

Whether something is holy or not

My personal sense of awe

Is inspired by nature's true heart

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A ship worm eats holes in stone

They live in the shining sea

I have one found on a beach by a child

So it is doubly holy to me.

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SOJOURNER

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SOJOURNER

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If a problem can't be solved all at once

Perhaps it can be solved bit by bit

And if it can't be solved perfectly

Then an imperfect solution might fit

If nothing can be done on this day

Tomorrow might give us a way

Some things can't be tackled alone

Then ask others so you're not on your own

A mountain can be moved rock by rock

Don't be discouraged before you start

When we wake up we can say

"I am going to accomplish something today"

Because the journey of getting to your goal

Is the Golden Path for your questing Soul

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ARISE

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ARISE

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When we climb out of an abyss

Struggling for the tiniest handhold

To pull ourselves up using all our strength

We come to a cloudbank, a Twilight Zone

Where nothing is recognizable, everything cattywumpus

Strange and so confusing to our minds

This is an important moment to gather our courage 

And take the next step up, away from the darkness and howling

Wind of despair, we must keep going, keep climbing

Upwards towards our future 

Where the possibilities of the Unknown can renew

Our hopes and dreams, which will always rise lifting our hearts

Filling our spirits with firm determination to see with our own eyes

What glorious, serene view we might attain at the top.

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AVOCADOSAURUS

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AVOCADOSAURUS

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The army green skin of my avocado

Bumpy and pebbly and cool as room temperature

A texture and color no human could exactly reproduce

A braille message from the universe I must interpret

It made me think of the skin of a dinosaur

(Although I have never seen the skin of a dinosaur)

I have imagined it many times

I pick the avocado up and close my eyes

Feel the irregularities of the peel 

And for a tiny moment I am transported to millions

And millions of misty years ago 

Where I hold an impossibly small dinosaur in my hand

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DISCERNMENT

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DISCERNMENT

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We're not going to fall for that trick again

Or believe those blatant lies

We're not tripping down that garden path

Where hope is born, then dies

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We are not handing over our hearts and minds

Or our hard won self esteem and coins

Waiting to see, we are cautious now

And each morning we gird our loins

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ENTROPY WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME

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ENTROPY WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME

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I don't like the Universe expanding

I don't like that salmon slowly die after they mate

I don't like war, ever ever ever

I don't like the fickle finger of fate

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For what pittance it's worth these are my heartfelt opinions

My  reactions to the events life brings

I just do my own little life here

I just fiddle while Rome does its thing

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