Pull back from your four walls
Take a look at the world
All violence soon pawls
As man’s plans are unfurled
Vow your heart to expand
Beyond your selfish needs
Learn to reach out a hand
Full of love and good deeds.
It only takes one of us
To make one gesture a day
It’s so easy, no fuss
To show others the way
Altho you’re not wealthy
You can still make a change
Helping others, the key
As on your path you range
When you open your soul
Show the world that you care
When compassion’s your goal
You’ll find God is in there
Keeping Him at your core
And His mandates are done
HE will ask nothing more
And our world will be one.
Categories:
pawls, hope, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
Lean predators move along in the morning fog
in their yellow and black suits.
Wheels spin
and we hear the brittle hum
and buzz
of spokes, cogs and chains.
There is no courtesy bell,
or a chipper “on your right” as they
pass an older woman running on
the trail.
They, unconscious,
slide past on both sides
taking her by surprise and
stealing some of her breath.
The middle-aged mantis
in the lead
sheathed in a gray, wrinkled skin
determined, but selfish
to others on the trail.
As they coast on, the tick tick,
and click click of ratchets and pawls
is all we hear as the pale creatures
move forward through the morning
oblivious to all
but themselves.
Categories:
pawls, allegory, angst, life, people,
Form: Free verse