Short Smuggled Poems

a “King’s” axiom
is written then smuggled from
behind iron bars...

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Row upon row
upon row
of caged men
some growl
others mutter
still others silent,
lifeless...
the banging starts
crescendos
the din incredible
is it a jailbreak
who smuggled
freedom in...

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That kind of thing really griped his soul
                           Meenie ate cookies smuggled from my bowl
                                         Sullivan sighed a little
                                       He was so sick and brittle
                            Whittled himself down to size with a howl...

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In the coldness of winter
when a virus hit all around
like the silent snowflakes
they both invade without sound
where one can make you cold
and slowly freeze to death
the other makes you sick
and can take your last breath
with one we dress up 
stay smuggled and warm
with the other we mask up
hoping we do not come to harm.
like the snowflakes that will melt away
we pray this virus will not stay....

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Nothing so sweet to read
as love letter in ink
it’s official document of deceit

Though packed with lies
clothed in oversize suits
heaped with looted words,
words that may mean nothing
praises that can sit on a good meal
you surely search for a mirror,
lock up yourself in bathroom
to affirm goodness in contents
The smuggled words
tantalize you with truth
that may be as rare
as water in the Sahara...

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A cry for stability,
in a world where the
frayed edges of its sanity
steadily unravel,
is lost
as a
sigh only fuses with air

Everything once held
dear,
is disoriented and 
peace is only
but a memory.

This is the
world we live in,
that the human
race, so kindly,
besmirches
the glory of God everyday.

This damaged
creation
was made to be beautiful,
flawless
but evil subtly smuggled itself
into God's extraordinary
design.

We call it sin....

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She knew the truth,
But smuggled it,
Underneath her weary cloak,
A thousand holes,
Peaking,
through

Worthy, is she?
Accomplished, a wise woman,
Exclaiming her wisdom,
Her shadows are hiding,
Through the murk of her foggy mind,
The silhouettes swims,
Her scars sing,

Wonderful her energy squeals,
Witness me!
Gallant her spirit,
Honor me!

Her voice, flaccid,
Life, resilient,
Silence, exuberant,
Strength, transcendent,

Fire, it roars,
Burns the whole,

H-E-R...

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Homes under trees
family in tents
refugees in forests
hunting of edible rats
cattle rustled away
harpoons to hook fish
wild humans eating
weak humans legally
clothing of rags 
thrown as gifts from sky
slave diggers in mines
tortured, underpaid
smuggled females
exploited as things of joy
jungle life at work
enhanced by jungle brains
by those in stone houses
this indeed is neo-stone age
Stone Age relived
Stone Age in promotion
Stone Age modified
and called civilization...

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