Sebastian
couldn’t live
without saving
the walls
His paint
covering over
dire messages
scrawled
All passersby
witnessed
each canvas
restored
Reframing
dark alleys
with hope
evermore
Sebastian
a warrior
of brush
and stroke fame
Graffiti
a pockmark
his quest
to disclaim
Alone
in his wander
where shadows
hold court
Each wall of new
slander
his palette
— retorts
(Dreamsleep: May, 2025)
Categories:
reframing, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Sometimes I only feel sad
Sometimes I can just cry
Sometimes I lose all hope
Sometimes I am all alone
And sometimes I smile wide
Life certainly has its downs
Sometimes I drown above water
But there’s also a future
There’s friends to be made
There’s fun to be had
Reframe the situation at hand
Use it to your advantage
Everything bad is a strength
You have everything but hopelessness
You need to use it
Categories:
reframing, 8th grade, appreciation, dream,
Form: Other
Woman's Right Oath
Welfare fraud, ghetto sex slave triumphant
Bestow death upon civilization
Embarrassment for all positive outlook flowers
And further destruction and reviling vanity mirrors
Reframing gas fare and squandering progress from llc
Charity horror film of life
Celebrity definer lightstyles
.gov vs .org
Bad .com bubble
Like in Los Angeles they hide the homeless money
Civil rights jobs and homeless services jobs
While people die they degrade your future and use slush fund for celebrity politician style affluent designer lifestyle evil
Hob nobbing as lobby at legal threshold of litigation exposure
These are the beggar girls you give money to from there crafty pity subsidize me while I criminology, psychology and pharmacy rep with risk assessment software in sub contracted social services sector of church funded non profit
Categories:
reframing, anti bullying,
Form: Free verse
Woman's Right Oath
Welfare fraud, ghetto sex slave triumphant
Bestow death upon civilization
Embarrassment for all positive outlook flowers
And further destruction and reviling vanity mirrors
Reframing gas fare and squandering progress from llc
Charity horror film of life
Celebrity definer lightstyles
.gov vs .org
Bad .com bubble
Like in Los Angeles they hide the homeless money
Civil rights jobs and homeless services jobs
While people die they degrade your future and use slush fund for celebrity politician style affluent designer lifestyle evil
Hob nobbing as lobby at legal threshold of litigation exposure
These are the beggar girls you give money to from there crafty pity subsidize me while I criminology, psychology and pharmacy rep with risk assessment software in sub contracted social services sector of church funded non profit
Categories:
reframing, anti bullying,
Form: Free verse
I’ve a home with a view
lawns, bushes trees
sidewalks, parkways
an avenue
I’ve got to tear myself away
from all that
enticing as it may be
to gape at the clouds
framing – and reframing – the world
about me
Categories:
reframing, home, sky, uplifting, world,
Form: Free verse
Whisper this in your baby's ear
science poses little fear.
Though still primitive and childlike,
it finds first tracks on which to strike.
Billions spent on science research
scantly more than a stumbling lurch.
Bright babies will topple toy towers
as Mom picks pieces up and glowers.
Twisted forces tempt to abuse
having doubts, deny and confuse -
truths used as toys, science as tools.
So the rest can be played for fools.
With all we know of life and earth,
clues about our universe's birth;
each new truth reveals another,
there's so much more to discover.
Few children dare to stare away
while others sit and play all day.
Babies do grow and take the veil;
when they learn, science shall prevail.
122 words couplets 10/2022
Reframing and encouraging the young and old
expectations of science for future advancements.
Albert Einstein quote: "... that all our science,
measured against reality, is primitive and childlike.."
Tom Hofmann, Ben Ferencz Nuremberg Prosecutor
and Peace Advocate quote: "Death was their tool
and life was their toy".
Pen illustration by G. Gaul
Categories:
reframing, appreciation, child, earth, future,
Form: Couplet
Full of anger
Mind feeling defeated
Living through a historical time
A Pandemic got the world at a stand still
Wishing this was a dream
My soul looking for relaxation
Blocking out the chaos of the world
Coronavirus got everyone on edge
Mediation my spirit feel free
Humming away the anxieties
Laughing depression away
Walking fear away
Running towards recovery,
Recovery of tomorrow’s
At a stand still
In time of reflection
Realizing what matters,
What doesn’t matter
Detaching from material things
Reprogramming my reality
Goodbyes to the inconsistent
Reframing from the inconsiderate
At a stand still
Familiar love la familia
Open arms to unconditional love
Manifesting my dreams into reality
Vision my plan of action
Cast away my fears
Clap away my hurts
Dancing to my joy
Breathe in fresh starts
Wash away sorrows
Tear away sadness
Categories:
reframing, angst, anxiety, conflict,
Form: Free verse
It's Obvious!
I drew a blank on why god exists,
Because his existence is unprovable,
And because he does not occasion,
The wise, the modest or poor visibly.
It’s not as if he’s a non-variable,
Non-affective or passive in any way,
Because just the mention of him,
Makes my emotions rise and well.
It gets my back up to point to him,
For validation when you’ve got none,
Since selection was your choice,
When you accepted the god meme.
There’s no foreign knowledge beam,
That drives other cultures to your inside,
There’s only a reframing of your own life,
When your set you raise to the ground.
In prayer you take your relationships,
To god, but it’s your brain that holds,
The repeated truth of patience, surprises,
In life’s cycles that shoe your values.
In the ebb and flow known and near,
Your character evinces kins’ declarations,
Shows that interaction attributed to god,
When it inspires your touch of care.
I’m sorry if you think me indifferent,
Or apathetic, unsure or uncertain,
About if god exists, ‘cos he does not,
As I know that two plus two is four.
Categories:
reframing, anger, angst, emotions, faith,
Form: Blank verse
Reframing my mind
A sculpture in time
A masterpiece put on display
The sculptor it seems
Had grandiose dreams
Began molding his wet lumps of clay
Penchant for knowing
Ebbing and flowing
Oceans rearranging the sands
Some discipline here
Some patience there
Somehow never changing his plans
Flawed clay he had
Prone to go bad
His project was easy at first
As the mud grew colder
His hands grew bolder
The fastidious old man became terse
Adding final details
Persevered to prevail
Paused to examine his work
Glazed and fired
Time transpired
As the shadows tugged at his shirt
He never knew
His dream had come true
Through his toil and tears came success
The blueprint he was using
Though somewhat confusing
His creation lives on to impress
an original poem by the "poemdog" Daniel Turner
in memory of my Dad
Categories:
reframing, appreciation, father son, love,
Form: Rhyme
Lets look at life in it real
magnification
Everything that comes in
and out of it is a result of
evolution
That defines our existence
in the right projection
With every moment of it
leading us towards a
direction
Taking our body and soul to
a permanent destination
It has led to every bit of
human transformation
With every view of it brings
a good sense of perfection
Reframing us in the true
transformation
So we can See ourselves in
the right reflection
Doing things that gives us
optimum satisfaction
Making choices and
standing by every of our
decision
Every minute spent here
deserves our maximum
attention
For life never gives us our
expectation
Life has always existed
right from our creation
And it has no limitation nor
cessation
Life sometimes may be
filled with lots of frustration
Neglection,temptation and
aggravation
But it all helps in defining
ourselves in the right
definition
Bringing to our way people
that brings to our realization
That life is all about
toleration
and not in any form of
segregation
Categories:
reframing, life,
Form: ABC
Yeah I know I can be a bad man
But I just want people to understand
I do what I must, I do only what one can
I think about life, I think about my everyday strifes
I know I love you girl you the mama of my children
You already like my wife
I know I have cheated from time to time
but you the only one who I sleep with at the end of another long night
Yeah I know I can be a bad man
But I just want people to understand
I do what I must, I do only what one can
I know I like to drink yet it feels like I love that alcohol
This liqour and beer is my number one downfall
If it werent so then the crazy *****in my life now I would have never saw
I would have never ended up sitting in prison for breaking the law
Yeah I know I can be a bad man
But I just want people to understand
I do what I must, I do only what one can
It's alright now though because Im back in school
I know I struggle at times but Im reframing from being another lost fool
I know it bull-*****even though many youngsters think that *****is cool
But they don't know if they been where I been and still want to do what I do
Categories:
reframing, dedication, depression, family, growing
Form: Concrete