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A New Planet
For me, it is too late.
But had I been young, I would
Have done my utmost to find another planet
Livable for humans.
Think of it as a planet without borders
Not carved up into countries and rivalries
And threats from states with big land.
Just one continent where anyone could travel
Where they wanted no passport controls
Or unsightly walls.
A planet without religion to upset the peace
And of course, no political parties
No rules set by the mighty, the authority
Who diverts rivers without asking the people?
In short, a planet for the people and
Animals in the wilderness.
Alas, since humans are settlers.
They will take their flaws along
and in time screw it up
We killed insects in our house without any remorse
We swept clean anthills in our garden without any afterthought
We trampled on insects while walking
We cut trees, made many homeless
We ventured into forests, killed for flimsy reasons
We dumped pollutants in the house of aquatic animals
We took our boats and shipped over their house
We put nets, caught them in large numbers, killed many everyday
Air, home to many microscopic creatures, no longer livable
Forest, home to many reduced to a fraction of what they were
Trees, home to birds and insects dwindling
Million lives gone
Families destroyed,
many orphans, many widows,
many widowers struggling all alone
We were the cause of many deaths
We rendered many homeless
Did we cry all these years?
No! We didn't!
We never bothered
Not a word we spoke
We displayed our selfishness, our strength
Now when humans are dying, we are raising a big hue and cry
They would have felt the same all these years
Their situation exactly like ours now
We are getting back the results of our own actions!
That is the law of nature
We are the cause of it all
If we still do not correct ourselves,
If we still do not respect the rights of all living creatures to live,
Then we are not worthy of being called humans
10.95.2021
"Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." Bible
Once everything was lavish,
I needed no special wish...
surviving on strength alone
seemed impossible, but I failed twice
not knowing the magnitude of my sacrifice.
Making changed and adapt to another lifestyle
with less desires was an incomparable task
friends ask me how I still survive with little...
they would think I'm crazy if I told them it's cost,
or the thrifty ways I've learned to avoid a loss.
My apartment was spacious and livable
with a stunning view of Forest Park,
I felt like a king entering his castle...
would I sincerely want that back?
My response wouldn't be so positive.
The more money I had the more I squandered on useless needs
without realizing that no treasure would be full with restless hands
if no measures were taken to keep it from wasteful urges...
was it because I had no wisdom in the prime of my youth,
or was it the foolishness to resemble an admired sheik?
I have no wish for riches, I only pursue happiness
in the very simple things that are not spoiled by greed...
a mansion on the beachfront would be nice indeed,
a yacht to sail the seas would be the next choice,
but how would I feel at peace and continuously rejoice?
Surviving on strength by planning a strategy is very wise,
even stock-holders who keep track of their profits pay some price;
and God forbid they lose their fortune to underestimated risks,
what would be their worth...the equal of ordinary men?
No, I won't fall into that deception: that being wealthy is everything!
She stepped on Mars,
Wondering, from there, if she could see the stars.
Lovingly kissed its soil.
Her desire to explore began to boil.
The Red Planet welcomed her with a red carpet.
To the strange noises around, she is not a puppet.
She's clear about why she was there
She shall traverse the land to find out the life's trace.
She is a woman with super abilities
Her Mars mission is set to survey life's possibilities
She shall sojourn there for quite sometime
Takes us all to stay there for a lifetime.
She wants from us, a little assurance
that we shall not cause to its peace any disturbance.
She assures, she tries her best to set up a livable hamlet
Only if we don't disfigure it, like we did to our mother planet.
Money and fame are sought with greed and desire;
and a desperate soul is willing to give all that it has gotten
for that golden moment to hear the praises bestowed upon...
Be free, feel younger and live longer, discard the obsessive impulses of want;
your jewelry,your wardrobe, and the noticeable looks of false happiness...
look around yourself, why do the common people have more fun and love themselves?
And the riches can offer anything, a villa overlooking glamorous Hollywood,
or even allow you to purchase a palace, where Kings and Queens dwelled in solitude;
when each need is fulfilled, your possessions become a burden, rather than a relief...
"Be free, feel young and live longer," is a wish for great news to come;
happier days without monotony, to soak up the warmest sunshine on an exotic island,
jubilantly open your window on life, to admire and love what you never thought of...
Why worry about thieves and even close friends you can't trust,
works of arts must be hidden in volts with unusual combinations;
you go to bed worry-stricken, and rise with a malcontent sentiment too intense...
Be free, feel young and live longer, and into your fate's absurd demands don't give in;
indulge in the simplest pleasures that make life less stressful, nonetheless more livable,
wealth relies on fortune for abundance, but not on the strength of your-inner-self...
Never took illegal drugs but now I am loaded with prescriptions
Did eat a mountain of sugary sweets and gulped an ocean of soda
Never used tobacco or liked the smell and taste of alcohol
Don't know if my body as any wear for worse, lungs strong.
Diabetes and high blood pressure keep me humble
Kidney failure because of some prescriptions
Good doc helped me get off those my kidneys good again
Thank God for that, miracles still happen each and every day
People just don't see what they see.
Lost two toes from diabetes, stubborn ulcer on left foot
Foot brace weighs me down, wear size sixteen shoe
Nine E wide for that brace. Won't be high kicking in a chorus line
People open doors for me, no pitchforks and torches yet
Goodness still there.
Arthritis the pain that greets you every day. Gout nasty pain.
Specialist doc prescribe drug that ends swelling, hands are normal again.
God works through people, He bless us with those of knowledge
and ability to help us heal. Grateful to God and those he blessed
that make our life livable day by day.
Got three dogs in my old age, two little fellows are seventeen now
Every morning two little miracles greet me. They do pretty good
Kublia walks like me and Genghis has his own prescriptions.
Sassy my big baby two year old. Was she too young for me to adopt
Was Sassy selfish on my part? Who rescued who? Now I see tomorrow.
Funny how the Bible never liked dogs, If we were still adding new books
would that have changed.
Never took illegal drugs, just lived life's flow of ups and downs.
That great roller coaster ride of arm stretching hand waving
loud screaming highs to that big dropping dip with butterflies
dancing in your stomach lows. I need a candy bar and root beer float.
The huge sky overseeing the emerald and bluish earth...
wouldn't be the only sky in our incredibly diverse Universe,
if limited sight weren't the obstacle to the awesome images that surprise couldn't conceal;
but many more galaxies hiding their splendid suns and planets,,
are still unknown and Man, overtaken by such a magnificence, expresses
himself in more atheistic ways not to compromise his own foolishness!
If we declare faith non-existent, cupidity can become our fetish...
filling us with more rampant pride to enforce its hypocritical seal!
More universes, like ours, lay dormant in their stillness,
" And will life be found on them? " is a question too inconclusive
that we can only answer by being so compellingly delusive;
more universes await the discoveries of the intelligent mind,
to lay out their awsomeness and beauty to discard the thought of finding life,
impelling us to preserve ours, not to destroy it by valiance or insanity!
Search history's events, are we capable of pursuing happiness...
without conquering and proclaiming our power with mighty armies?
In ancient days, they created unrealistic gods and goddesses...
not conceiving that the Supreme One wasn't a god in human form,
but rather the Invisible One, who often scolded them for their wickedness;
so in stone and marble they continued to sculpture divine faces
that the common people hailed and worshipped, and would they refuse
to obey their tyrant's wishes: their worthless lives would be taken...
and did Paul, the follower of Christ, go back to that cult so perverse?
We know, from the Holy Scriptures, he was converted and put down his sword...
More universes more magnificent than this one,
can be discovered and inhabited if they are livable;
and scientists are working hard along with astronauts to accomplish our dream,
and who isn't excited and show interest to take a voyage into the outer space?
Navigators ventured on perilous seas to attest that their concept was solid and real;
we, with more sophisticated computer science, are groped by the unthinkable!
Persuaded or not, discouraged or doubtful, researches must continue at our expense;
and what if we were successful, wouldn't everyone be taken by shock?
Copyright 2009 by Andrew Crisci
Politicians are the most pretentious
to emerge from the primordial mulch
of creation.
They pretend to love,
they pretend to care,
In the case of them doing any deal
remotely benefiting constituents
is on condition they profit in prestige,
wealth and a seat, a boardroom chair.
They hug an old lady its a photo opp
They kiss a baby its a god damn video shot,
Even though the homeless is festering,
lacking in compassion, bolstering they bray,
But miss the point that businesses has
reneged on paying a livable wage
The politicians are one piece of work,
weird that they represent the rich and
well to do,
and to you, dem stuff dem chest with
ashes while exiting poverty,
they knew which way the wind blew
Well, money pour to the centre augmented
by a guard of honor rough beast of men,
though shroud now, don't be surprise when
you find its the politicians.
how much is it worth to you to feel safe and secure?
how much would you spend? how much could you afford?
what is the monetary value that you would place on your life?
how much money would it take? how much would you sacrifice?
what price safety? what would be the cost?
what price safety? what would you spend to prevent the loss?
too frightened to get on the elevator in the building where you reside
don't know if you'll make it to your door before a thief is at your side
too scared to walk to your car alone in a public parking lot
don't know if you'll get the keys in the door before you're assaulted or shot
what price safety? how much money would you spend
just to have that feeling of security once again?
most every elected official in most every country in this world
have their own taxpayer funded security detail
the celebrities, movie stars and TV personalities
have personal body guards and/ or private security
America has been on heightened alert since the Twin Towers did fall
the airports, the borders and Homeland Security are constantly on the ball
security has become one of the nation's fastest growing industries
and you can't go anywhere in this world without showing identity
so how much would you spend to remove from your life that spirit of fear?
how many dollars would it take to protect what you hold dear?
there're not enough police to go around to be in society's face
so security officers take up the slack and stand in their place
we've become the front line defenders that the community sees
to detect, protect and defend them and their property
retailers spend thousands of dollars just to secure their goods
from thieves, boosters, shoplifters and your garden variety hoods
the government be it federal, county, city or state
use security officers to keep the peace in abate
yet without benefit of weapons, no batons, no vests or guns
we hold to our positions and we get the job done
we alert the police, FDNY and the EMTs
at the first signs of violence, fire and any emergency
but we're at a disadvantage when it comes to getting paid
for we barely make what would be considered a livable wage
what price safety? what would it be worth to you
to give security officers what they are due?
what price safety? I ask you once more
what price would you pay just to feel secure?
WHAT PRICE SAFETY?
A New World
There is an epic war
Waged for all of time
Man is the enemy
Fighting and killing
Destroying everything in sight
His weapons are concrete and steel
With glass so he can see his victories
He claims he wants to make the world better
Make it more livable for his children
He loves the towers he creates
All of the streets which run everywhere
And yet, go nowhere
He forces the plants to live in preserves
Giving the animals less and less room
But, even in the havens he grants to nature
He encroaches and destroys
With all his forethought he doesn't know
Someday, after he is gone
After he had returned to the dirt from where he came
The asphalt borders he had erected
The temples he built to worship progress will fall
They will crumble to dust
And the trees and animals he imprisoned will rise
They will climb to where man had been
They will grow and live in the debris
Nature will reclaim the world which was stolen
It will make everything right
And the world will begin anew