We buy and are sold priceless things,
read human stories written by android;
a smokescreen present muddies the once transparent past,
innocence doom-scrolls, an aging youth now hard to avoid.
Look young but age gracefully,
stay slim whilst enjoying your food;
have children as you climb the corporate ladder,
discuss your feelings but don't affect my mood.
Water once clear becomes slick with thick oil,
propaganda turns the brave into shadows who defy;
wars are not wars but are crusades and are justified and are righteous,
the truth told to us by men in ties is a lie.
Categories:
muddies, analogy,
Form: Rhyme
I gazed upon the crystal
only hard before the thaw
and as you warmed to melt
your gem-like qualities seemed
of mine to adore
unlike the slush of snow
unlike the muddies of rain
unlike a city's drainage
a heart needs only another
willing to sustain
for love is greater immortal
than the many painted temples
with flawless sculpted gods
far greater than most paradise imagined
above the ringing stars and their
singing elucidating bards
love is more the remnant sea
almighty rivers and streams
real lords of man and lands
within their never-ending travails
carrying life's speckles of gold
as well as life's sentient rearranging
sands
Categories:
muddies, inspirational, love, meaningful, nature,
Form: Free verse
I can picture a reindeer all harnessed and hitched
I can understand the concept of jolly old St. Nick,
I can listen to Christmas carols playing all day long
But reports of cancelling Christmas make me sick!
Yearly some grinches delight in debunking Christmas
With upsetting stories appearing in the news on TV
But what they plan to accomplish by this deception
Muddies my reception and remains a mystery to me.
written December 7, 2021
Categories:
muddies, christmas, conflict, culture,
Form: Light Verse
The hippo and the crocodile, rarely bosom buddies
Tighter squeeze together as the shrinking water muddies
Some fall by the wayside as that arid river bed
Leads those that do not falter to a bitter head to head
Jostling for position in the sun’s relentless gaze
The water hole is barely damp for days and days; and days
And one by one their eyelids close on this their final stand
Even as the clouds portend new rain to quench the land
The final crocodile takes a final snorted breath
The final hippo perseveres with all that he has left
But soon he too succumbs for the sake of just one sip
And so he fails to comprehend that steady, drip... drip... drip
Categories:
muddies, africa, animal, water,
Form: Rhyme
This mountain's Rocky top
Catching clouds
Like fingers through the air
Dampens rhododendron blooms
And muddies paths we follow up
Always, going up
Daylight peirces smokie haze
Striking peaks
A Golden warmth across our face
Just enough to set for night
And sends us shelters way
Together, another day
Categories:
muddies, nature,
Form: Free verse
The flowers all are folded
We children used to wear,
The garlands that we molded
Are withered in our hair.
We’ve given up the battle
Of flowering the world,
We’d rather hear rifles rattle
And see red flags unfurled.
Soldier’s furloughs are better
Than children’s holidays
Though shrapnel-wounds are wetter
And redder, than bouquets.
For Mars returns and bloodies
The sky and sand beneath,
The summer rainfall muddies
The white cross and the wreath.
Categories:
muddies, war
Form: Verse