Short Inequities Poems

if you should leave
go in quiet tones
lest you stir up past inequities
 And open the storms of anger
which will whip up the winds of hate
then the thunderstorms of  guilt will ensue
it may best to leave before this hurricane is due...

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In My final resolution
           I must...
      First,
Go to meet God
         Thus,
Perhaps'....
  He is ready to
      Receive
Me in all
Of My inequities'
That which I do present

            Poet Author
            Gary Fields...

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Creation sparks into existence
every element of our cosmos 

Genesis’ pattern of expansion
Life’s innate self perpetuation

We inherit upon conception
our common stardust ancestry

Practice love and tolerance towards all 
God’s children have no inequities...

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Barren sullen devoid of all color
Blank canvas plastered 
But Ill equipped inequities 
Of casual sexual diversity
Allow my first stroke 
Male model well equipped
Brush pales in size to the 
Instrument God equipped 
Him with Ahh. Mmmm
Sun setting behind 
City’s skyline stars peeking...

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A Kindness

I have been hardened, polished,
by the inequities of life’s demons.
Scarred by the evil of the “holy”.
redeemed not by a savior,
but by a kindness, awakened
to the truth that I am not like them
nor should I allow them 
to destroy who I am.


11/14/2016

submitted to – Quote Prompt I – Free Verse – Poetry Contest...

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Easy Money

Buy now, pay later.

You’ve got credit!
We’ve got debt.

Let’s swap.

It’s how we derive
With asset backed securities

For your house equities

To burrow into your burdens
Our financial inequities

Those company bonuses

As we put you into minuses!
Buy now pay later, so they tell us

Like what comes out of anuses....

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Your vital nature shines so brightly,
graces us with golden sheen,
you have a heart that hovers lightly,
with compassion rarely seen.

You plumb the possibilities
of living without fear,
you challenge life's inequities
but not without a tear

of sadness in your sacred soul
and shades of anguish too,
this world was never meant
for one as beautiful as you....

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As I reflect upon this day, 
Where a viral presence has 
Effected millions, give or take.
My mind shifts to racial inequities,
And how that's been a 
Huge cultural mistake.

Positioning face-to-face, and
Seeing eye-to-eye, doesn't require
Complicity, before going nose-to-nose.
Just some basic respect and
Understanding, where another's
Heritage and hope only grows....

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'...with quenchless canvasses of twisted fire' - Mervyn Peake


Your vision was a beacon
gracing us with golden sheen,
your heart was dark and heavy
with redemption rarely seen.

You plumbed the incongruities 
of faithfulness and fear,
you challenged life's inequities
so often with a tear

of sadness in your dream-dimm'd eyes
and shades of anguish too,
this world was never meant
for one as beautiful as you....

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...with gratitude to an incomparable artist


Your vision is a beacon
gracing us with golden sheen,
though your heart was dark and heavy
with redemption rarely seen.

You plumbed the probabilities
of faithlessness and fear,
you challenged life's inequities
and often with a tear

of sadness in your dream-dimm'd eyes
and shades of anguish too,
this world was never meant
for one as beautiful as you....

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...with gratitude to an incomparable artist


Your vision is a beacon
gracing us with golden sheen,
though your heart was dark and heavy
with redemption rarely seen.

You plumbed the probabilities
of faithlessness and fear,
you challenged life's inequities
and often with a tear

of sadness in your dream-dimmed eyes
and shades of anguish too,
this world was never meant
for one as beautiful as you....

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'...quenchless canvasses of twisted fire,'  Mervyn Peake


Your vision was a beacon 
gracing us with golden sheen, 
your heart was dark and heavy 
with redemption rarely seen. 

You plumbed the incongruities 
of faithfulness and fear, 
you challenged life's inequities 
so often with a tear 

of sadness in your dream-dimm'd eyes 
and shades of anguish too, 
this world was never meant 
for one as beautiful as you....

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A multitude of raindrops
Each smaller than a pea
Can cause torrential floods
Washing houses out to sea

A multitude of white lies
Each trivial when told alone
Can stir up mass hysteria
Allowing hate to be condoned

A multitude with apathy
Each reluctant to get involved
Can result in class inequities
As the human race evolves

So, if you think that you as one
A difference cannot make
There is a multitude of history
To prove that that is a mistake...

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Hairline cracks of doubt
slow mark the corners
of mind’s vision,
alter the illusion
of yesterdays
filtering into today’s.
Soft gray film taints
the sunshine halos,
hardens the smiles,
narrows the eyes
as we squint
into an abyss
of angst.
The shadows overlap,
blend into complex
inequities of truth
tinged by time,
of lies mocking
the truth,
piercing the solitude
of age
with the dagger
of youth,
clouding the beauty
of tarnished reflections.


John G. Lawless
©3/21/2018...

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