Abroad Poems

There's a spirit abroad, in the air
  You feel it forming everywhere
Behind closed doors, locked down tight
  A feeling that we're doing this right
    ~ A clarion call to unite

Together we stand, divided we fall
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A pandemic coronated our world with thorns.
It stings came with fame
And locked down the busiest cities;
A reminder that this world has an end.

The miracle workers are now on vacation.
The rich that run abroad to treat headache
Now deal with the pandemic...Read More

We can manage today and live till tomorrow
With a minimal walk out, or potential for sorrow
There's more than enough, in our fridges and freezers
The dried goods, the cans, and Bacardi Breezers
Whilst some people think that their time and their leisure
Should...Read More

A new way of life, is beginning to unfold.
Beware of what you hear, and what you're told.
There is one speaking, his message we need to hear.
With our technology and power, we still need to use our ears.

We are not invincible,...Read More

Pestilence.
.
Sheer madness
Panic and chaos
Tainted with sadness
A wave of pestilence
Sweeping through our lands
The so called experts and Government
Don’t fully understand
Has now cursed the populous
Got out of hand
.
Excessive greed
Disregards common sense
And necessities of basic need
Panic buying
Leaves others without
And many dying
.
The media machine...Read More

This new virus is a party,
A party island wide. 
From town to town, quarantine.

Come in,
You won't miss the luxury you had abroad,
It's complete with food to make your mouth water. 
This new virus is a party,
It's complete with free wi-fi....Read More

It’s that time again, 
that airy hallmark intro, the vibrant soul ensemble.
Signpost to an hour long  journey where passage, paean and piece come out to play.
Odyssey for fantasist and literary scion.
Earnest open invite to the madcap  mind,
mine and...Read More

Listening sounds hearing
seemingly knowing the difference
whispering the voices of righteousness
time lapsing in discernment
the will to live on
a survival mode is present
lessons learned abroad
gasping on the path
trees blowing and you're knowing
taken over by surprises
lasting life of intuitions
power to strive everlastings
hidden sounds...Read More

THIS CORONAVIRUS IS IN MANY MANY PLACES
STATES, AND DIFFERENT PLACES
LET US PRAY
FROM DAY TO DAY
PLEASE DO NOT PANIC
TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS AS NEEDED
AS WERE TOLD
WASHING OF HANDS
SANITIZING THEM TOO
LOOKING OUT FOR OTHERS, AS FOR YOU TOO
STAYING PROTECTED
NOT BEING NEGLECTED
A SURVIVAL...Read More

beyond this canyon
they sing a song
they know the lyrics
but they sing it wrong
they like there rendition
they get a thrill
they say the composer
he loves me still
beyond the sound
the octive matter
they bounce off the walls
the glas they shatter
with fine toned tones
they sound...Read More

Can this be the end of man
As coronavirus spreads though out the land
Authorities please, do not hesitate
Some claim  it may be to late
China is were it originates
Now it effects every race
Possibly it is to late
Like the plague or aids...Read More

A significantly different day
                 No bread or milk
empty for toilet paper
Reduced opening hours in grocery stores
-  Home insulation with
   respiratory infection
Rationing...Read More

in it's beginning
all who opposed it sought an end
yet they marked it's beginning as unknown 
and found it  more complicated to
make quarantine and contain
sickness
those who find togetherness as part of events
and those who abroad in business or fun.
it has...Read More

And thus, we blessed dreamers came 
To this beautiful blue planet wobbling
Rotating in the heavens within an unknown vested Time
Gently moving ornament in gargantuan Space.

Joyous we be as secreted travelers
Though still ignorant children all
Deluding ourselves as is our wont, in...Read More

Scarlet thread around my heart does make me rejoice
Assuring the Lord’s love*, marvelously gracious
Securing forgiven soul from being anxious
Putting into humbled silence guilt’s mocking noise.

With radiant gold ribbon tying my black hair
I’m reminded of Christ’s grand compassionate grace
Divinely beautiful amidst...Read More

The hate, the wait
the crimes, the times
endless situations occur
where is love?
why so much hatred?
amongst those that are known
where is the love? Some families are feuding
misguided confusion
air pollutions
germs and toxic environments
unemployment on the rises
flooding and unknown substances
water contaminated in some areas
the...Read More

Arriving home 
I’m all alone
And feeling rather low
For as I open up my door 
Feelings of loneliness 
Permeate my soul
All around me this and that
Though I don’t take it in
But wait now 
what on earth is that
Upon my ‘Welcome’ mat
A...Read More

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I
Here lies a small brown man, maybe average, with heart, mixed
nationalities
Sounded and spelled AMERICAN, spoke always of Africa
nationalistically
Loved words, could not communicate career choices
realistically
Johns Hopkins Professors joined ones at Indiana University (Go Hoosiers!)
mercilessly
In noting his non-American marriage would hurt
politically
9-11 and...Read More

You can't justify people's actions,
When they were intended to hurt,
It might make you at peace,
But you'll get treated like dirt,

You can't let the devil in,
If he'll give you a prize after,
It just isn't worth the pain,
It will end in disaster,

We...Read More

In the antique store
an old physician’s desk,
walnut and marble-topped,
holding the remnants of a life
of service; 
stories etched in 
wood, metal and stone.

Next to part of an old syringe,
a can of ether, half full;
it’s lid rusted shut
and a stethoscope
sporting the cracked...Read More

Lack of sight and of light, once a shining radiant light.
It yields every hight color, everything forthwith has a gradient.
Affright, no sight, no lack of sound. Asunder, not lost nor truly ever found.
Once collogued put abroad on a con that...Read More

The police are everywhere
And barracks are empty, 
I see military fatigue, locusts
I see firearms that can make the devil blush
I see the MK 18 mod 1 carbine whose libido is famed abroad
I see the Glock 17 Semi-automatic Pistol which shoots...Read More

Men who thought, they were above all.
Built a high tower, and it was tall.
For they said, "let us make a name for ourselves, less we be scattered abroad." But the tower to Heaven did not please God.
For with one language,...Read More

In the holy scriptures of God's truth
Genesis tells of God's first act
He created the heavens and the earth
in faith, I believe this as fact

Look at all the works of God
all the beautiful creatures abroad
full of colours beautifully bright
both large and...Read More