An earthling knows what he likes,
as he soars and he sails river pikes.
He has two arms and two legs,
is not hatched from eggs,
and is perfectly suited for bikes.
Yet, folks from the planet of Zentical,
with one arm, three legs, and a tentacle,
can't steer a bike,
which they really dislike.
Other than that, they're nearly identical.
Contrast
Slow flap
Slow flap
Seagull
Silent
Glides
Across the rural scene
Disturbing none
Nor menacing
Just beautiful flight
God-given.
Now look up
Thousands
Thousands
Feet above-
A man-made flight
Streaks
Four engines
Pour filthy fumes
Across
God’s perfect sky.
the rocks are sturdy
silent contrast of stillness
where the river flows
Heidi Sands
8/12/26
(C)opyright
With an eye as bright
Spills o'er with delight
Child's general, greeting day
Joy-wept, dear, now you.
Up out a heart chilled
Melancholic filled
Years, sleet-like, world, whose lone gaze
Less pleased then dropped through.
Extrovert
to
Introvert.
Insecure
to
Secure.
Group
to
Individual.
Uncertain
to
Sure.
Hermit
to
Community.
Member
to
Alone.
Chosen
to
Willing.
Tent
to
Throne.
Feeling
to
Thought.
Castle
to
Forest.
Accept
to
Release.
Brain
to
Chest.
Darkness
Prevails as lights
go off, on a cold night
But for the ghostly gleaming glare -
Black cat
Copyright © 2026 by Crystal David John
In the noisy forest
that loomed dark, dense and dreary
a python, like a dead log
lay without sound.
For the contrived inducement
of the fixated being,
an aligned identity personified,
changes in self-devised palette
of metamorphosed color mélange,
while the conjured chameleon,
slyly cocooned,
paints surreptitiously
shape-shifted deception portrait.
In ostensible enactment
of life’s incredible drama,
performance perfected in one-act play
with obsessed passion parodied,
gilds the corollary crafted by alchemy,
an axiomatic designed drive
induces the wily shift
from one actor to another.
Out of the limelight,
the covert colors fade
on virtually made-up visage,
the pallid original face
morphs mystically into
veracity mirror of actuality,
reflects the real identity depiction,
painted in primal persona hues
of distinctive disposition,
epitomized once.
The spasm of pragmatic perception
splits the mirror,
shards of shattered pretence
willfully abandoned as discarded debris.
Transformation creates the eluding entity,
an alien in its own reinvented realm,
completes the illusory pattern,
designed by the paradigm of contrast.
interesting
attractive, splashy
gripping, fascinating, exciting
concert, comedian, tax prep, silence
tiring, drudging, discouraging
tedious, humdrum
boring
MIRRORS OF CONTRAST -:-
spectacular
contemplative
fascinations
express
maturity
in GRADUATIONS OF COLOUR
complex
and
personal
artistic
effects
of LONG-CHERISHED DREAMS
along-side
shimmering
atmospheres
revealing
experience
The white heron, in stark contrast,
became even more visibly white
as it perched on the mud.
Soothe The Hunger
Deep In The Lion...
To Save The Radiance
Of The Lamb.
-Gray Squirrel
10-19-2025
unsure driver inches into the parking lot
I have a pet snail who could outwalk this car
a man gets out
figures
a speed demon races up the road
takes the corner on one wheel
screeches her tires as she hops the curb
a woman gets out
I figure all the old guy has in his life is hours of tedious tv time
whereas, she has to clean, cook, and babysit grandchildren
Love is not something that belongs only to a living soul.
It could be anything your soul is tied to.
Neither human nor god,
but something you chose above them both—
that is what love truly is.
You look at it and know you cannot live without it.
It is not a person, nor devotion.
That is love.
Pause, consider, and think about this.
Some rich people invest and spend.
Some poor people wish and spend.
Short people reach up.
Tall people bend down.
Good habits beget good results.
Bad habits render bad results.
Bad beginnings often end well.
Bad endings force 'look-backs'.
You cannot withdraw something
that has not been deposited.
We usually reap what we have sown.
Sometimes, favor suspends the norm.
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When adding it all up,
At the end of the day,
I'd rather be home with
A happy wife and 500 miles
Removed from disappointed
Siblings, rather than being alienated
From a pouting, unhappy wife, while
Enjoying happy, celebrating siblings.
Stop, meditate, and muse about that.
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