Without a doubt Life is absolutely filled
With moments of the sublime
Moments which come from somewhere
And somehow never ever really disappear
Even when something else comes along
Something coarse and loud
Able to drown out everything before
The sublime is still there
Patiently waiting, unflappable, nonjudgemental
Waiting till the room stills
And its own light can be seen again.
Yin and yang you may say
Or something closer to home
The mood swings of a child
Or anxious broken hearted lover
But still only the passing phases
That make a life not only interesting
But sublimely worth living.
(7/25/26)
When an apex predator behaves unnaturally
The balance of power becomes upsetting
The scale is not just immeasurable
It's behaving dysfunctionally
Reason is cast aside
When sides are paramount
Differences mounting to the sky
Becoming mountainous, unassailable
Forgetting we rose from the ooze
We didn't choose what was discarded
But it was nature made that choice for us
And not something lightly regarded
The borders crossed were nature's own
And no one owned what was provided
No one claimed as theirs alone
What only nature has decided
What's unbecoming to presume
Has become our nature to resume
Some think that challenging is treason
And choosing sides is tantamount to reason
Ignoring what has led us here
In willful ignorance compounded
Compounding what leads only to fear
And thoughts of our ascent unfounded
Justice is fair
Justice is, well, just
Just the facts
Just what is needed
Needed to assign punishment
Needed to enforce the law.
Law of the land
Law and order
Order of business
Order to restore
Restore societal wrongs
Restore balance of power
Power to make a difference
Power to effect change
Change in government
Change in society
Society united
Society rebuilt
Rebuilt to prosper
Rebuilt for the common good
Good from bad
Good policing
Policing is lackluster
Policing is corrupt
Corrupt nowadays
Corrupt and violent
Violent against minorities.
Violent arrests
Arrests without just cause
Arrests for crimes
Crimes of the petty kind
Crimes quite serious
Serious police reform needed
Serious injustice
Injustice anywhere
Injustice everywhere
Everywhere one looks
Everywhere in America
America, my beloved country
America has a problem
Problem with gun violence
Problem with racism
Racism against minorities
Racism and anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism is on the rise,
Anti-Semitism needs to stop.
Stop the madness!
Stop the mistreatment!
Madness
Mistreatment
emergent flowers
swiftly embrace sun-showers
~ balance of power
the balance of power
When Kennedy lit Nikita's cigar
no one said
Nikita, smoking is not a good thing for you
America could not accept a foreign power
so close to the American shore
and quite rightly so
Russia did the right thing and pulled out
Nikita noticed the young president's hands
trembled and smiled
yes, it had been a hard call
both men respected each other
Today in Ukraine, the situation is the same
but America's leaders show no concern
damaged is done to Russia
not understanding her new leader
will not back down
the reason is vanity and pride from
America's side
by calling out Putin's bluff
we will live to see
world war 3
(Oregon Coast, Oct. 2015)
The Ripening of Love
(for Carol)
The balance of power
Neither winning or losing, up or down
Even, harmoniously at ease,
Contented with whatever Life brings.
(1/31/24)
I was beginning to think I had been dreaming all these years,
And thoughts of common sense being anything other than a myth,
Would only only end in tears,
With anger becoming harder to suppress.
I was wrong,
Common sense can still be found,
And we should burst into song,
Every time we find it still makes a sound,
That proves us wrong,
And that our eyes and ears are sound.
I just read that an 11 year old ,
Was given a lawn mower,
In a move that was quite bold,
It was not a toy and could cut grass with power.
And best of all there seemed to be no-one around,
To say he was too young,
Or he might end up hospital bound,
And his parents were with no fine stung,
With not 1 bureaucrat making any audible sound.
So, for tonight at least,
My thoughts can be less sour,
As I pray that common sense is more than a blast from the past,
And has returned to restore the balance of power.
The causes of World War I,
factors such as political,
territorial
NATIONALISM,
and economic competition,
BENEFITS,
and not to let it ocur,
the breakdown of the balance of power
SUPERIORITY
as well as a series of diplomatic clashes
PRIDE
The causes of World War II
strong currents of revanchism in German politics,
PRIDE;
the worldwide economic crisis,
BENEFITS,
many people lost faith in democracy
and countries across the world
turned to authoritarian regimes,
and their ambitious and aggressive domestic and foreign policies
NATIONALISM
To those three peculiarities – NATIONALISM, PRIDE, BENEFITS,
we should also add two more today – OVER POPULATION that the earth cannot feed,
and CLIMATE CHANGE
What do you think the causes of World War III will be?
Well, no need to be a prophet to say what will happen
Now all those outcomes are visible in our time
Nevertheless,
The only thing that we want is
to live all around the world in peace
how can we manage to do that?
In the way one of the greatest leaders in history,
Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK said
“PEACE AT HOME, PEACE IN THE WORLD”
Quatrains of Hibernal 2020
By David J Walker
I
The hibernal task of passing a year of Retributions
Scribes of the Anno Mundi write in prose of those who are left behind
Those who did not believe the mask and the lambs' blood
Were one and the same
II
The solution was said to be written on a paper ballot
And the change in the balance of power
would bear salvation to a
nation still divided by dry ideas
III
The joy of the seasons were seen, if at all,
In a black and white rendering
Of the world with faint memory of
Any other color
IV
The end, of course
Would not be the end
But the beginning of an undetermined
Measure of recovery
Voting Blues Before May9 2018
Comes 9May, we the voters might have our final say....
Come what may, we hope to decide the politicians who can stay...
But certain factors are distinctly making our choices go astray...
A revision of electorate delineation that reeks of racial play...
Giving meaning to the big fancy word gerrymandering, as they say....
Mysterious shuffling about of voters, the reports are coming in...
There is even a report of a man long dead, his name is still in the voting list...
Awaiting in courts are complaints of duplicated house addresses...
Giving rise to cases of tens of voters in a single house address...
It is on record, up to as many as 60 voters are housed in a single address...
Of course, the evil of money as in money politics is all too obvious...
Political frogs and political big shots wannabes....
Will switch camps shamelessly, so long as big money comes in...
As warned by 92yr old Dr M, even winning political frogs...
Might jump and tilt the balance of power, money talks...
But hope for justice is what all enlightened voters dare to dream...
Comes 9May, can there be a realisation of new better dream...?
Me and my sister
wanted a request granted to us
the other day
So we sought out our parents to see
what they had to say
Daddy said go ask your Mama
So we went and asked her:
Mama gave us a hard no
That settled the matter,
or at least we thought so
A little later that day ...
Me and my sister came up with a brilliant idea,
or at least we thought it was
That’s how the smart bee stings you
when it starts to buzz
We came back with the same request
that we didn’t get granted
earlier in the day
It was a common children’s request —
permission to go outside and play
But this time we played it smart;
we went to Big Softie first ... like we did before,
only this time with a little wrinkle
We said to Daddy, we wanna go wash the car,
and afterwards can we play with our friends
Daddy said, that’s alright by him,
long as our Mama says so
Me and my sister walked downstairs dejected,
timid and slow
And I said to her:
looks like that yes is really a no
African Children
they sleep at night with belly's empty
rolling in the dirt to comfort their sore's
hands, eyes, feet
Marley & Tosh sang of their freedom's cry
Torn illumination
Elephant screams
Disappearing act through the night
A call to provide U.N.I.C.E.F. to their great cause
Blood soaked streets with the militia in upheaval
tired politicians in support of apartheid
run to the hills with cheap thrills
A balance of power
Mandela's voice is still heard beyond the grave
Desmond Tutu reclaims his title and cause for freedom's cry
Bono can only do so much
A beacon of light to a hurting world in need of love
Equal rights & justice for all of Africa's children
how you had fought so hard and fierce
there truest love is gone from here
A challenge to be free is a question of time
One solution is using their minds
Living on the edge and its going to their heads
Sitting up at night all alone in bed
Following the rainbow to the sky
We see a vision of them pass right by
There war were in is almost over
It's so hard to believe but they love each other.
Celebrate Beko and the freedom's call
Gothic Illumination
darkened sullen brevity
etched through the premise of my mind
a cape of restoration
hearts explode in illumination
tempers on fire for desire
the path that leads to the forest
explore the trees
the balance of power has been solved
dresses draped in vast apparel
stretched out with urgency
the cause to explore a beautiful flower
vibrations
a temptation
exposed to the elements
a quaint cottage next to a village
lines are being formed through a smile
lavender mist
we treasured a red rose that was plucked a time before
laughter
A small word but with great meaning
Essential for the survival of human being
Everybody is in search of peace
Which is not within easy reach
Man has too many ambitions
Causing his own destructions
War here, war there
War is widespread every where
We are victims of social unrest
Absence of peace in every nest
With the innumerable massacres in Palestine
When will the light shine?
Immersed in the game of balance of power
Powerful nations are fortifying their towers
Even if peace treaties tend to increase
Peace organisations have no power to make war cease
It seems to be just a cry in the desert
Bombarding is becoming a daily concert
In a world devoid of tranquility
Is there any future for humanity?
A world that was meant to die
Crimson flows as the Nordic gods cry
Only one species is destined to survive
From the will of the dead we thrive
An internal problem no one can fix
Liberty and tyranny cannot mix(co-exist)
chorus
Looking over the world of ruin
Wastelands of there doing
A dying people everywhere to see
Tyrants look on with glee
Chained down in this prison
Judged & condemned for no reason
A stagnate pollution takes hold
The balance of power fatally folds
The once mighty brought to his knees
A decaying culture the last he sees
chorus
I look to the future with scorn
From the ashes idiot justice is born
From the Earth come screams of misery
The masses sedated by blind apathy
Walking through the cemetery gates
No one knows what finally awaits
chorus(2)
Everything that the queen saw
A bastardization of natures law
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