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
Categories:
truisms, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
("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 love abducting, raping, slicing and dicing
then barbecuing
the infant you love…?
Where is the moral equivalence?
This is why the Golden Rule sounds great
up until you are up against a masochist.
And the world today is apparently filled with masochists.
But it’s all good…
At least it feels good,
to think we are all the same, all equal
in what we love and cherish.
The truth is we aren’t.
We may all be made of the same dust,
but that doesn’t make us equal.
Meanwhile the world turns,
a hit soap-opera
in its nth season
spinning relentlessly
a veritable Wall of Death
which in its shocking extreme
delivers some kind of perverse pleasure.
It may not be bliss,
or even what we love,
but it’s certainly captivating.
(11/1/23)
Categories:
truisms, extended metaphor, society, today,
Form: Narrative
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.
A genuine smile can warm up a room.
Fraudsters like companies that are understaffed.
Apron strings tied with a bow show running away is not the only way out.
Categories:
truisms, age, analogy, art, blessing,
Form: Light Verse
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.
Categories:
truisms, age, analogy, appreciation, beauty,
Form: Light Verse
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 don't usually slouch.
Life without passion seems to be in fashion.
Love wins the top prize for endurance.
Those who read labels are mostly more able.
When people eat at the table conversation holds the floor.
One's level of fitness depends on the distance between the couch and the
fridge.
Wisdom lets one know the right time to end a good piece of poetry.
Categories:
truisms, age, allusion, analogy, art,
Form: Light Verse