Why don’t we act decisively when we go to war
Why don’t we crush the enemy
The enemy is trying to crush us
What on earth are we waiting for…
… Pauses, short ceasefires, humanitarian aid
all allow the enemy to regroup
and come back stronger than ever
What on earth are we waiting for…
There’s a detail we’ve overlooked here.
a little tiny detail
Perhaps one ceasefire can lead to another
And another, and even a cessation of hostilities, who knows
And perhaps, just perhaps, we can save dozens, hundreds
~ even thousands of lives
we speak the plain truth but egos react
yet we react not to their reaction
since with inner stillness we’ve forged a pact
letting not deluded thoughts gain traction
which but leads to consciousness contraction
but although we accept all as they are
we notice they’ve lowered the ethics bar
The words I spoke dissolved, unheard in empty halls,
Yet echoes now gather praise where silence once did fall.
My presence was ignored, my shadow brushed aside,
Now whispers of my leaving swell with unearned pride.
The hands that never touched me lay wreaths on empty air,
Their care blooms only where I no longer dare.
I walked through nights of cold, my fire hidden deep,
They honor the traces left, the secrets I could not keep.
In life I wore my scars, unheeded, sharp and raw,
In absence they are treasures, revealed to all they saw.
The doors I knocked on closed, yet now swing wide in memory,
A cruel kind of worship awaits the heart, no longer free.
I leave, I vanish, yet they finally see,
The weight of what I carried, the cost of being me.
If only wings all words would soar...too many anchors yet to endure.
Knowing is maybe less important than living? Certainly we are not here, to teach God anything.
We soak in our grief -- till the black robed thief returns us.
Traveling more deeply in sometimes is the only way out.
We travel and see through the shallows and depths of many. Poetry is the Poet's shared ark of survival and discovery.
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Monocrostic (Birthday of May A. Agulto)
In the hustle, often we stray,
From the little things, that sparkle the day,
A golden elixir, the beauty of a day unfolding,
The chirping cuckoo, greet your day,
A melody plays, lifting your mood.
Racing clock and rushing feet.
Afternoon's radiance, cotton balls on sapphire sky,
Soft whispers of breeze, through curly hair's gentle care,
The murmur of voices, in discussions so free,
A vibrant atmosphere, of curiosity,
A gentle reminder, of life's simple delight.
The gentle flutter, of wings homeward bound,
Sunset's fiery dance, on the horizon,
Stars beginning to twinkle, like diamonds,
The moon becomes the highlight.
The golden ambiance, of streetlights shining high,
A reassuring presence, as the stars go by.
Night's silence, with shadows so deep,
The rhythmic hum, of crickets' gentle beat,
A soothing serenade, all night long.
In the hustle, we often stray,
From life's little moments, that make each day.
So let's slow down, and take a deep breath,
And cherish the beauty, in life's everyday depth.
The flaws of my past
in order to reach the
essence of my soul
Every good is selling at
Five dollars per piece
Attending to the poor
The low income groups
The people in needs
The non-fix salary groups
Fighting with
The tide of inflation
The economic crisis
Thank God
The plights of the poor
Never to be overlooked
To please the feet
A carpet is laid
To please the eyes
A carpet is laid
To please the ceremony
A carpet is laid
To please the dignitaries
A carpet is laid
To please the honoured guests
A carpet is laid
The carpet
Stepped flat and smeared
Is never to be overlooked
As it's a symbol of
Beauty, wealth, authority and solemnity
But a carpet isn't the best oblation for god
Except one's piety
The Babbling Brook
The babbling brook was very loud.
When people saw her first, she drew quite a crowd.
Usually, brooks are relaxing and smooth
This brook was different, but not to be rude.
She always kept the villagers up at night.
But they were very kind and didn’t put up a fight,
She babbled and spoke from dark till light.
In the middle of the village, where the brook was in sight.
Though everyone could see it, it was still overlooked
They had the wrong impression on the babbling brook.
One day, a girl, who was small and kind
Sat by the brook and a question came in her mind.
“Hey Brook, Why don’t you tell me a story?”
Then it started talking about its former glory
It chatted and chatted, and it wasn’t boring.
The other villagers noticed and starting to listen.
At the end of the tale, their eye sort of glistened
When they snapped out of it, they started to cheer
They asked more, for more they wanted to hear
Everyone started to like the babbling brook.
And it alerted them from every thief and crook.
Their lives got better, and the reason is quite clear.
A key to happiness is just to open your ear.
When the capsule opens
And the one who gets
To take the very first one small step
Is over taken and commandeered
by the C.E.O
And not by the designer , engineer , worker
Or even the orginal person with the initial forethought
To me that smacks of hypocrisy
As to me again the only lesson
taught or gained is thus
Is that the only thing that matters
in this modern day is thus
That capitalism and the pursuit of money and fame trumps
Human endeavor and ingenuity
Not some of the time
But all of the time
Because it seems more about
a photo- opportunity
Than the actual facts surrounding
the achievement
Overlooked treasures
a bird at your window
the grass freshly mowed
Delightful, daily pleasures
must i arise every dawn
to do nothing but shine upon
and warm all those who shiver
i, a scorching giver
and rarely am i truly praised
seldom i am looked upon
my rays seep through the cloudy haze
the foggy mist of early dawn
but no one seems to thank my presence
scarcely do they think me pleasant
often just a searing blister
only wanted in the winter
for that is when they realize
they miss my warming rays
they crave the brilliant, sunny skies
a sparkle through the gloomy haze
if i should leave, would they care?
would they be left beyond repair?
only deep in snow they see
that they, in fact, do need me
Dread clutched her throat
As captains picked their teams
Even though she had desire
She never allowed herself to dream
He watched them divide up
Into groups of ten
He was number twenty-one
It was clear, no one needed him
Friends all married and on their way
She still lived at her childhood home
No one had to tell her....overlooked
She would trudge through life, alone
Always weird, definitely different
Coworkers are like bullies on the playground
The words at recess passed with time
But the shunning in the break room, reverberates the silent sound
Out of all the people one could have picked
No one would even notice the throng below the idols
Stepped on, used as ladder rungs
So the important can ride the stallion with bejeweled bridles
....to the OVERLOOK
Position is everything
In a system that values power
But humility accepts the position
Without the compulsion to cower
...to man
Written by Trudy Schrader on 04-11-2019
Note: I felt overlooked for most of my life, until Daddy God showed me that HE overSEES everything that concerns me. I don't always like where He has led me, but I would not change a thing....and I am eternally grateful :)
Overlooked beauty
At the backyard of my colony's lane
Crumbles an old banyan tree slowly on verge of getting waned
Not worthy of a second glance
An overlooked beauty as in forgotten time's trance
Pulchritude ignored by almost every passer-by
Sole witness of ever changing world since ages below heavenly skies
Must have given shade to countless travellers in scorching summers
Birds slept safe beneath it's glossy leaves in nights of frigid winters
Still shelter for woodpeckers drumming on it's stiff boughs
Wind passes whistling through it's strewn parched branches on an unending drowse
Last razors of golden sunlight fall on it before melting at distant hillocks
An illusion of spectre forms as aerial roots sway giving fear shocks
Woody trunks hiding in themselves tranquil million stories
An overlooked beauty with fading structure demonstrating old glories
14/11/2018
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