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George Washington would never believe it and call it a crying shame. I have observed the prohibition of prayer in public schools. Free speech is not free but is for sale to the highest bidder. Moreover, there is an attitudinal atmosphere suggesting that any speech that is not my own should be abridged, censured, or abolished. Traditional norms and family values are dropping like flies under the spell of pesticides. The Bible is considered to be narrow-minded hate-speech. I have seen people terrorized, their civil rights decertified and denied. Moral values have been devalued, set aside, and liquidized; Constitutional rights are diluted, disputed, and no longer solidified. Whatever happened to the great 'thinkers'? I have noticed the terminal illness and demise of noble ideas. Education is being replaced with political persuasion and propaganda.
Abraham Lincoln would never accept it and call it a crying shame. Minority rights are being revised, realigned, reassigned, and redefined. I have witnessed human rights ignored, disregarded, and not prioritized. The cultural revolution is forging ahead in jet-propulsion speed like there is no tomorrow nor time of reckoning. Belief in evolution is man's best hope for a future without accountability. There are no absolutes nor need for resolution. Majority rights are brought into question, unguaranteed, and in retreat. Equal rights are desired but unclarified, undefined, and unobtained. I have beheld the orchestrated disappearance of common sense, and before long we shall be worry-free because 'Big Brother' will always come to our defense. Alien rights are well protected, highly promoted, and unwisely provided. There is a free admittance of subjectivity and the utter rejection of objectivity. I started to weep when I realized that sanity is being burned at the stake. I'm hoping and praying that we return to our senses before it's too late.
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Hold me like there is no tomorrow
Like our aching hearts melting beneath weary skins
Will melt an eternity of days waiting ahead
To spin us in a drowning wave of sentiments
Incapable of air that’ll revive us
Hold me like our arms record the seconds they intertwine
To replay over and over in longing minds
that stab a boundless rerun of memories
Repeating themselves endlessly in the quietest of nights
Nights that do not have your arms pulling me
towards shoulders that never tire of my weight
Or kisses stolen quickly on ignorant lips
Distracting you away from the inevitable
And it tires me to not hold you after I have held you
Push my lips away from yours after I have locked an endless forever in them
So come back
And hold me again
And let my lips take back what was lost
I finally feel relaxed
It has been a long time coming
I finally get to the point that I can't take it no more
Don't want to deal with it any more
Take it or leave it - no more
That was my attitude
And I found that God meets me there
As I can no longer go any longer
This long stretched road
That we call "faith"
I was at a point where I told God
"Put up or shut up"
And was beginning to doubt His abilities
I believe that God directs everything
And He will lead you through so many turns
Work you like there is no tomorrow
Wear you out
Till you can no longer take it
He will decide
What and when He will do
He will work you my friend
Whatever that you need work with
What you need work on is different from what He works on others
So I can't tell you
What to look for
But only tell you
Rest assured
He will never give you more than what you can take
But only when you get to that point
Ha, tired?
Everywhere I walk outside,
In parks and on busy streets,
In front of malls and parked cars,
I encounter people men and women,
young and old, short and tall,
Smoking cigarettes
Like there is no tomorrow and like today is their last day on earth
It seems like the thing to do
It seems like a popular leisure activity
And Famous people do it all the time
But I find smoking to be a waste of time
For it is a fire hazard
It is a litter problem on the streets
And it is a pollution problem as the smell of cigarettes stinks up the air that I love to breathe and depend on
cigarettes all over the place is an annoying thing to see and one that I dislike and disapprove of
cigarettes are bad for the health, they cause early deaths, they cause cancer and are addicting once you start
oh cigarettes how I hate thee and wish that you would vanish into thin air for good
The Red Letters
They stand out in the bible,
because they are the very word of God.
Pay attention.
Don’t miss anything more.
You may need to know this stuff later.
When there are far fewer people,
to help you.
They are selling off our resources
to foreign lands like there is no tomorrow;
because there is not going to be one,
unless we wake up in time to say, “no”.
There will be great changes,
and few will believe they are real.
Even when they are presented to them;
in public and before all others.
Cheaters and eaters of the day,
wasting away thinking about tomorrow…
that will not come, at all.
Mice, rats, small creatures…
that eat things no one else wants,
to find out they have great value.
But not again…
to anyone that matters.
only the small,
that want to be tall…
after all.
Free, until they knock down the door... and then...
"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces,
I would still plant my apple tree . . ." Quote - Martin Luther
_____________________
I have died twice,
sorry, I should be more precise;
I have twice knocked on the gate up above.
but was sent home with love.
It seems this girl still has things to do in this world,
so back to earthly living- with wings unfurled;
knowing this life is gnarled,
and today- must suffice.
Yes, today is mine,
for my tomorrow may not twine;
I have known often the sorrow- of death,
waited, weeping for a breath.
Have loved my beloved like there is no tomorrow,
and been left in today- holding only sorrow;
somehow, finding strength to borrow,
waiting for- a sign.
So, I live moments,
for in life there are no agreements;
if tomorrow does not arrive for me,
it is 'cause there was no guarantee.
Oh yes, "What if there was no tomorrow?" You wrote,
well, my answer is- that in today I will float;
setting sail for my true north in a boat,
cherishing - life's fragments.
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August 19, 2019
Poetry/Rhyme/Tomorrow
Copyright Protected, ID 19-1174-422-02
All Rights Reserved. Written under Pseudonym.
Written for the contest, What If There Was No Tomorrow
sponsor, Silent One
First Place
In the breaking corners of my eye
lies beauty
captured in still,
if only in my mind,
a picture formed in perfect time
it's here in these moments
dreams are made
~
darkness surrendering to the dusk
awoken
winds fluttering across naked skin
and we sin
like there is no tomorrow
tongues strapped in unison
uttering nothing but silence
but speaking out loud to the world
~
in colours she paints
a blank canvas caressed
each brush stroke flit
encircled and writ
until she comes alive
~
and she's alive
in real time
as sunlight shines
and we slide
gracefully into the shadows
that hide
She sits at the lunch table with her good buddy
a Greek fellow with no english
she-a canadian with no Greek tongue-
they commune like there is no tomorrow
siding with each other
against
the staff who would wash them
clothe them
feed them
so much like a child would behave
She seems to glow with a radiance of innocence
a sweetness wet on the lips of time
held within a cocoon of
dementia
that robs her body and mind of life
leaving a withering shell that breathes to live
consumes nourishment to breath
she knows not where she is
cool hand of death
nearer and nearer
waiting patiently until her chin falls deeper to her breast and
the shallow breath
all but becomes inaudible and still.
I
in the depths of my being
wish somehow she would snap out of it
recognize me
recognize the card game myself and my brothers now play with her
the game of
recognize the numbers~
She bides her time sleeping, eating, and watching
desperate to recognize and hold onto the familiar
"pleasantly confused"
they label her
out of an ignorance to truly deal with things
"blissful ambivalence" another describes her
and I shot out inside myself
she has been more than this...
she is more than these damn labels
she is a person
an integral part of the life of this society
so deserving of respect
and compassion.
recognize the suits
and it makes me sad
that her mind is playing the final trick
bluffed and lost
Baby I will keep you close to my heart today
As I make my way through another day
I pray for our love to climb to new heights
Our dreams come to life night after night
When we wake to see and feel
Our love that burns so bright
A life that is filled with so much promise
One that is homemade designed to astonish
A love between a king and his queen
For I do not believe the world has ever seen
Amazing love that is forever filling
One that springs above all things
That promises to be all that we can dream
This is what we can expect the good lord sings
As he shines his love so bright
When our hearts overexcite hi like a kite
As we take this walk to be closer to God
Might we keep sight of what keeps us upright
So that it will be easy to ignite
All this love that invites our souls out to play
When we believe in our Lord and savior
Who makes everything possible we see
Want our love to grow up to be
All the pieces of our dream
That start to fall right in line
The night is young and you're so fine
I think I will keep you as all mine
You brighten our path so we might see new life
Won't you promise to become my wife?
Nothing has ever felt this right
Let's ride this wave out of sight
When our love grows wings and takes flight
We both know how love is supposed to flow
even if we have to go slow
I will love you like there is no tomorrow
Candlelight burns in this quiet space
I imagine the smile, glowing on your face
I feel you are here, from many miles away
As the sun has returned to brighten the day
Kiss me like there is no tomorrow
Let’s share love to eliminate sorrow
Let’s hold each other in the golden light
That shines upon us, flickering so bright
I’ve learned you know who I am, what I feel
Our connection of strength, forever real
I know your wishes, I hope will come true
Swirling like clouds in these skies of blue
When night returns, after the sun says goodbye,
I will kiss you goodnight, igniting dreams to fly
Heidi Sands
12/11/19