The Earth spawns Man.
Man spawns Descendants.
Descendants rape the Earth.
The Earth stops providing.
Descendants start dying.
The Earth continues spinning,
And forgets we were ever here!
The sky fell mercilessly and tornadoes fury was landed
The earth caved where seeds of new crop, a farmer had planted.
In recession, the capitalists made a fortune
and the deprived were left with debt and burden
In moments triumphs were not of those who had toiled hard
but those who were able to play the fluke card
The rain did not fall in the barren land
and the army fired at the innocent & unmanned
The aging parents lost their bread winning child
And the winter at the refugee camps was anything but mild
The father hit the mother in front of her young children very violently
The forest fire cost every house on the ground blatantly
The privileged were given more favours and opportunity
The humble were provided with disappointments and ambiguity
A family slept hungry again another night
A child was left alone in fright
The pups were treated by their caretaker unkindly
All because someone treated their loving friend badly!
Life's a domino
One fall affects the other
Stand and fight back.
I cheated my approach to oblivion.
Making threats when the boat is breaking.
The years ahead of us feel like a riddle.
The path is hazy, and the result is unclear.
We shall all suffer the consequences.
For the fate of one is the fate of all.
A chain of failures is like a domino effect.
Written: March 11, 2023
While any movement
May remain unseen,
There's great potential
That can intervene.
From a mild breeze
To caress and heal.
To the mightiest hurricane,
That won't appeal.
Its inertial energy shows
Strength by the root,
Yet often overcome
By another's pursuit.
This cause is seldom visible
Through the noise all about.
Though its effect may shatter,
What's leftover to doubt.
When we see some resistance,
Friction stands by,
As the spark to that fire,
Has answered the why.
Where the minute can escape,
Our mind and our sight,
Every second has an impact,
That gives in to the light.
Just as intolerance and ignorance
Brews solely to agitate,
Serving up that cold dish,
For those hungry to hate.
Hence, this effort highlights
The smallest of acts.
That gets the ball rolling,
To those much bigger facts.
DOMINO EFFECT
the heart bleeds its lifeblood, unfaithful in all
4/11/2018
At long last
the woman in her rebelled!
Overcoming fear and shame
she spoke out
not in a whisper
but loud, clear; determined
to end the torment within,
the silence...the omerta`.
The first domino fell and
others followed suit.
There is strength in unity,
courage in numbers.
Riding the wave of change
#MeToo
Horrors, lies, cover-ups
exposed; untouchables
hit the ground from high perches.
Sexual abuse!
Sexual assault!
Sexual harassment!
Perpetrators cling to
consensual claims, innocence,
pleas for forgiveness.
Victims call for justice.
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Contest: HASHTAGmetoo
Sponsor: Debbie Guzzi
© 16th December, 2017
Please do not touch
Just read the signs dotted around the gallery display
So you take a selfie ...
What harm can it do?
Your camera shutter
clicks
clicks
clicks
as you take selfish selfie pics
Teetering on your high heels
you topple backwards like a destructive domino
Art gallery display
C
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H
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S
to the floor
Your picture won’t ever be placed in a photograph frame
But hey
You achieved your fifteen seconds of fame
You took a selfie -
How selfish!
Inspired by newspaper article where a selfie goes wrong and causes around $200k damage to artwork by British artist Simon Birch
I've never considered myself an arty or creative person and I went out of my comfort zone to write this free verse poem.
07-15-17
We were on OKcupid…
I know, I might sound stupid…
But, I am not a waste of time…
I am cute and so sublime
Maybe a little too full of myself…
But, I am yours…
Clean up my act…
I love our kissing wars…
Right now, we have alzeihmers together, forever…
I love how you react…
You made a big impact
On my life…
No hard feelings…
One date and then, a break-up didn’t help my heart…
It broke me in pieces…
But, don’t rip me apart…awkward and torn apart…
Silence isn’t bliss
I’m speechless
My words are all over the place
You make me blush all over my face…
I love you
I love you
I love you…
But, now I like you
Because you love him.
If you break up with your elderly friend,
I will make your misery a humongous sack of garbage
For my sake, I love being drunk off of you till the end
But, you better not leave me hanging there like a cold, shitty fridge
Alzheimer’s Domino Effect has a way to turn me off
But, you have a sexy way of turning me on
The relationships I had is not my favorite…
But, our laughter I adore so badly…it’s extremely exquisite
THE DOMINO EFFECT!
By: Dark Sunshine - VSW
Real real Domino's Pizza cares...
Your hungry is not to be there!
When you hear your stomach growling
Call them up now!
Domino's Pizza...
A great place to eat -
Call them up and order for delivery,
Faster than a leer jet in the City.
Call them up and they will be really speedy!
D o you want to eat now?
O scar Meyers out?
M outh salivating?
I ndigestion not found?
N o food been swallowed for quite a while?
O ff the hook comes the telephone because you are calling Domino's!
P lease can you deliver[y] to my house?
I am hungry and my stomach is meowing.
Z esty pizza I do smell.
Z ealous I am,
A sking you to come real fast!
Domino's Pizza is your best bet!!!
What else are you craving?
We have chicken and pasta bowls.
We will dish 'em up also.
Cinnamon stixs
Hot fudge pies
Sandwiches for appetizers
You also can get you something to drink.
Darn, I will bring the menu if I forgot something.
The dominoes are falling
As the rain is pouring down
The engines of our minds are stalling
And everything we know is about to be burned to the ground
The puzzle is coming together
And the pieces fall into place
The prophets are saying forever
As God kills off the human race
The pictures we've painted are smudging
The colors we speak will fade
As love and hate are judging
The decisions and mistakes that we've made
The towers we've built are crumbling
The paint on our hearts is chipped
As the steps we take send us stumbling
Into a life for which we are ill-equipped
The sculptures we've molded are sinking
Into a sea of sand and blood
We slaughter one another without even thinking
The consequences may not be what we want
The friendships we've built are breaking
As a thing called love is forgotten
We're losing the things we spent a lifetime making
And realize this world in which we live is rotten
We give our lives for remembrance
In hope that someone will cry
To give this life some meaning or semblance
So these mistakes won't be made after we die
‘ The Domino Effect ’
There Was A Young Woman, Named Domino
Who Talked … about Anyone and So and So
Well… She was quite Shocked to Find
All Her Victims in a Line
Ready to Fall on Her… Just Like - G e r o n i m o !
Barbarian heroes, men of respect
Amazon women, plotting to barter
And legends preach of Russian roulette
And legends preach of Russian roulette
Ritualistic roles, a common martyr
Barbarian heroes, men of respect
Barbarian heroes, men of respect
Are icy cold in mountain flakes
And legends preach of Russian roulette
And legends preach of Russian roulette
Far from warm light, raising stakes
Barbarian heroes, men of respect
Barbarian heroes, men of respect
The pre-empted massacre looms
And legends preach of Russian roulette
Acoustic sounds, resourceful doom
And purpose lost, enforced, entombed
And legends preach of Russian roulette
Barbarian heroes, men of respect
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