History Angst Poems

The government department of defense authorized a burn
of toxic chemicals from East Palestine train derailment
This created phosgene, Dioxins and deadly chemicals combined
This all traveled with...

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“Forget the injuries, never forget kindness” ~ Confucious

 To the faceless names I’ve phased, 
forgive the silent sunsets, frozen in time, 
  and remember...

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You can't have tomorrow,
Until you've had today.

But stay strong and tomorrow,
The pain might go away.

Yesterdday has been and gone into distant history,
Just live for today,
Tomorrow...

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Id love to write a poem that rewrites history
that unlocks consciousness 
that speaks from an universal experience 
that feels the rage of love 
and the...

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Our Stolen Days

The given days we take,
Childlike, heedless of consequence.
We swallow them as our due,
Our entitled share of happiness
Or, at least, consideration of the stake
Each...

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Have we embarked a Ship of Fools
By forsaking the Golden Rule?
And, have we formed a neutral state
Sitting astride the Fence of Fate?

Our devalued civility,
Desensitized humanity,
Deprecated...

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You


You are so big
Like the sun 
My eyes burn
You can not have my shadow 

Once I was shining
Now small and angry and tired
You remind me...

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David has become Goliath
Goliath has become David
the world is spinning
out of control
nuclear bullets
battle paper butterflies

The indigenous as usual
suffer indignation
history spins in circles
again and again
...

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#2: The Cravings Culprit

so I fought ...
with all I got ...
I fought, and fought, and fought ...
with all that I had, I fought ...
I drew...

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(Mimic the song..."If I Only Had A Brain" by the Scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz)

I could be so independent

So lavish and resplendent

Just a player...

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I am not the nightlight, nor am I the monster under my bed that my father would tell me to fear. I never feared the...

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Time does not stand still,
History will tell you so.
Soldiers marching on foreign lands,
Children looking for the kill.

Old men's orders, cast on deaf ears.
Peaceful protests about...

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A visitor in my own skin stopping by as a guest 
Rented out happiness with no permanent address

As searched for stability I found a place...

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Hail, the doorway keen on the known world ... theme wails attention,
time of roses' blooms cower ... usurped magentas, aloof maroons,
for the flight of the...

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There we were - Alf and I - Pharaohs,
surveying those white pyramids -
Nests of ibis - ovulating - 
Opera.

Across the bridge we danced,
Swaying o'er the...

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