Truisms Poems - Poems about Truisms

There are words sermonizing unto others yet silence can tell no lies Outside some unknown soul taps at the Window The wind swirls at a given time Mother nature is perplexed The corridor will led us to a cul de sac where the silence plies its own truth where shadows darken, merging with the night ...

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("Untitled - The Eye of Jihad", 2019, original encaustic) Love is Love - and other absurd truisms “Love is love” is like “Follow your bliss” a way to deflect the moral agency and subsequent consequence of our desires with vague equivalency. It’s like all love and bliss is somehow equal, which is absurd. What if my bliss comes from destroying yours? Or I...

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If you chase death, it might not be your life that is cut short. Don't put your keys in the same pocket as your cell phone. One source for news heralds only one outcome. Communities make cents, governments seldom see sense. If you want a job done, join the ques. We sometimes underestimate the size of the shadow we cast....

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Enemies are potential friends. A comfortable bed makes life bearable. A light umbrella encourages the wind. Books lent to friends are mostly returned. A smile on your dial gains you an extra mile. The key to life is still missing. Driving to the conditions keeps families together....

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Don't put your best years behind you. Failures are best made on our own terms. Success tells one they can succeed. A warm person is often the happiest. Money puts escape holes in one's pocket. Hugs are better than shrugs. Common ground leaves less bones underground. Fiends thrive in the absence of friends. Age is nothing, health is everything. Straight talkers...

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