Sorry Light Poems

"Another Better World"


These little sins 
you smoothly skip across the waters of fairweather lives 
like darkness hidden underneath deadly white lies,
like throwing pebbles casually across...

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A seal torn open
Sentimental drops 
onto once delicate fingers, 
piercing colors to glint, 
hidden treasure. 

A forgotten token, 
a rush of memories between the ears
Once...

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“People tell me they idolize me, want to be like me, but I tell them, 'trust me, you don't want my life.' I've been a...

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When Old Mother Hubbard
Examined her cupboard
And found not a scrap there to munch on,
Not one morsel that clung
To an ort or a crumb,
She felt foolish...

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O Thou, O God, who art unseen,
my tee shots guide on this fair green,
and, if you would, please just for fun,
make every ball I whack...

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My steps are not too distant from yours 
...and yours 
illuminating offers of respect, 
removing doubtful intentions.

look around when crashing down
I am beside you, waiting...

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the universe exists
to give humans a backstory
- no humans, no universe
it’s all heads
in the shape of our heads

history could be made up
and I know people...

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He bellied up to the bar
All cuddly-wuddly thought the barkeep
He ignored the pup
The pup began to whine
I cannot serve you! The barkeep said
You are a...

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To Ohm it may concern,

Please volt in the upcoming electrons.  Currently Watts is sparking some interest by generating some positive juice, while Joules is...

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I like it.

I am sorry you did not like it.

I will wait, for someone out there to like it.

One day, he or she or they...

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The ho’oponopono prayer goes like this:
“I’m sorry, Please forgive me, Thank you, I love you.”

It's very touching, especially given how simple and universal these words...

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 Shadowland 

Chained to the addiction of tempting Fate 
What if I told you that my life was once like yours?
Torn between love and hate
A...

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Hey, I hear you’re looking for a pet
to match your personality?
So sorry, but no animal as yet
matches to anything like your perversity.
May I suggest –...

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I don't need someone
       who needs me...
   It doesn't make me feel healthy
    On...

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The sound that the rubber blade
of the timeworn squeegee made,
swiftly scrubbing my car’s screen
in a familiar routine;
was more obnoxious to me
than the stuff, resembling ghee
that...

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