Under the cover of night it is exposed.
Lust, pain, loneliness, and the solution.
Midnight opens what daylight closed.
Wide awake inside a broken institution,
free to do what’s right without prying eyes.
Clear judgement doesn’t require caution.
Silence is pure and exposes all the lies
that created this epidemic of emptiness.
Cloaked with anonymity a taste electrifies.
A skyline of stars that’s filled with finesse
illuminates a path to sanctify the darkness.
Children today, are the future of tomorrow
Why destroy a life before it starts
A world problem that's overlooked
I can't understand why we mistreat our kids
Society condones this criminal offense
Where not enough attention is given
As parents, home violence must stop
We must be more accountable to our kids
Case loads are of epidemic proportions
Which are tolerated by the court system
We get frustrated when no action is taken
Cradling the law into our own hands
Someone please help, I'm crying for help!
It's difficult to face such an environment
Your self esteem and respect are shattered
This is an epidemic of child abuse
Author: Floyd Neal
Date: May 2003
Inspiration: Stories in the news
Do you know what you’re inspiring?
Awakening a dormant soul,
to witness this is so exhilarating;
Epidemic of peace transpiring
built stronger by a single goal;
Do you know what you’re inspiring?
A new world just starts opening
with the collapse of a stone wall;
To witness this is so exhilarating;
Just a nudge and it starts growing
a contagion out of control;
Do you know what you’re inspiring?
That it was quiet? So appalling;
Transformation’s worth the gamble;
To witness this is so exhilarating;
A star’s birth so captivating,
this broken smile has become whole;
Do you know what you’re inspiring?
To witness this is so exhilarating.
No facts shown
In red sewn
Complex known
He was drawn
And can spawn
A weird bloom
By ache loom
Awkward gloom
Death in zoom
Covid doom
Written: January 4th, 2022
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COVID is here again, perhaps in a more virulent form,
Dealing with the day-by-day stresses is now the norm
Still, so many continue to make this a political football,
When it is definitely not a comedian’s clumsy pratfall
How foolish are they who ignore the call to vaccinate,
Frequenting dangerous places where it can replicate
Denying the efficacy of the currently-approved shot--
So far, the only effective deterrent to COVID we’ve got.
It saddens me that some folks are simply being stupid,
When we have opportunity to see this virus booted.
written July 31, 2021
E-pidemic
L-ethality's
S-ilent
I-nfection
E-mploys
M-orbidity
A-s
N-oxious
A-ilment
H-orribly
A-pplies
N-astiness
Topic: Birthday of Elsie C. Manahan (June 20)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
E-pidemic
D-irt
N-otoriously
A-pplies
V-iral
I-nfection
L-etting
L-ink's
A-trocious
N-astiness
U-se
E-nemy's
V-icious
A-ttack
Topic: Birthday of Edna P. Villanueva (June 20)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
E-pidemic
D-istress
I-mplements
S-nowball
O-f
N-asty
C-ontagion
A-bout
B-acteria
A-nd
N-oxious
G-rime
Topic: Birthday of Edison N. Cabang (June 17)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
A-trocious
I-nfection's
R-abid
A-ttack
L-ets
E-erie
E-pidemic
O-f
M-enace
A-pply
R-isk
Topic: Birthday of Aira Lee F. Omar (June 17)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
K-iller
E-pidemic's
S-ilence
H-orribly
E-mploys
N-astiness
A-s
R-abidity's
E-erie
G-rime
I-mplements
S-pread
Topic: Birthday of Keshena H. Regis (June 12)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
M-orbid
E-eriness
D-elivers
Y-ucky
D-irt
I-mplementing
O-ne
N-asty
E-pidemic's
D-readed
A-ttack
Topic: Birthday of Medy Dioneda (June 11)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
She was COVID Mary but she did not know.
She went every darn place she wanted to go.
She had no symptoms, cough, scratchy throat or clue...
So she gave COVID to him, her, me and you.
Wore no mask for that would take away her right,
Her droplets landed on things in and out of sight.
She would have been stunned at her selfishness
If she had been wise enough to realize it killed all of us.
E-ndure epidemic eeriness,
F-ight the invisible illness;
R-epel the rabid risk,
E-ven notorious
N-astiness.
V-ictoriously endure epidemic,
A-bate the venomous virus;
L-ethal link in stealth silence
E-mploys expansion so vicious.
N-egate the terrible threat,
C-ontain the poisonous pandemic;
I-mplement the safety protocol,
A-s you endure epidemic.
Topic: Birthday of Bro. Efren Valencia (June 05)
C-ontrol
E-pidemic
L-ink's
E-erie
N-astiness
E-rasing
F-erocious
R-abidity
A-s
N-otorious
C-ontagion
I-s
A-bated
Topic: Birthday of Celene Francia (June 03)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
J-eopardy's
H-orrendous
E-pidemic
S-ilently
S-preads
A-s
T-he
O-utbreak's
R-abid
R-isk
E-mploys
S-ickness
Topic: Birthday of Jhessa P. Torres (June 02)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
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