Leaf-fall is gracious
yielding to the restless wind
no riches to claim
in wide, frantic scatterings
burdens strewn for gathering
Rainfall is random
coming seldom when needed
too little, too much
it is such a lottery
pleading with an empty cup
Windfall apples drop
when good fortune makes a glut
wind shakes in accord
with the tug of gravity
ripe with generosity
In a world filled with lies, truth is the flame
To ignite unification, to stimulate our inner selves
To do what is right in actions we choose
Creativity connects us all;
When a poem is read, a song is heard,
Or a painting is seen, a common thread
A gift from one to another;
Helping those to feel something, learn something
To be alive, to feel alive
We may all have our own ways about us,
But we are all equal just the same
Lies and worse things only have power when truth is buried
When all that grows is from the root of evil
So, let us not allow the truth to be buried
Let us cast away fears, speak loud and clear
Regardless of opposition;
You can be heard with strength from mountain tops
Choosing truth above the valley where lies befall
Heidi Sands
1/8/23
Need to make a change
see it written on the wall
Can't let this fade Away
One spherical ball
Haze seen from space
the gray Amazon smog
Thousand's of acres each day
and their burning it all
Things need to change
Dark Days Befall.
The Species and Trees
Constantly recede
Nothing is excluded
By government Decree.
What of the waters
once purely pristine
Now poison and polluted
Clear Corporate Greed.
Resources Squandered
scorched in the sun
Dark Days Befall
with nowhere to run.
Things need to change
Time to make the call
Can't let this Fade away
Dark Days Befall.
May tides of the sea thwart!
May the manoeuvre of Sun and Moon be forestalled!
May cool breezing be ceased! May raining billow be foiled!
Whatever may befall!
May the earth be restrained!
May the birds twitting resonance be precluded!
May the flying bird’s pinions be shackled! May the blooming floret be evanescent!
Whatever may befall!
May terra firma and sky be adjoined! Whatever may unearth at this juncture!
But the solicitudes of yours may not be discarded from my reminiscences.
How sensation it is! How wonder it is! Without you there is no life for me.
Whatever may befall!
One step removed
from a puff
of smoke
disappearing skyward
out of sight
out of mind.
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