The mourning dove’s perch coo signals he’s alone:
Calling to another as a life-long mate,
searching to find a love he can call his own
and form a bond so strong it shall not abate.
Death cannot these creatures’ devotion unthrown!
Connection defying mortality’s fate
offers hope to lonely souls who life has shown
passion to be rare and rarely to be great.
The male attracts a partner to cuddle with.
Love eternal aggrandized! (Pathetic myth.)
Art is Long; Time is...
Art is longer than a heart-beat,
time is shorter than a hand-shake.
David's maker, Michelangelo, made
him taller than a mortal man—
stretching out proportions,
choosing marble of heroic flaw
before his chisel ever
made a mark.
The chosen youth so calm and
self-contained; his fingers gently
cup the stone arrested
by his hip.
Constructed with less care from
common clay, we who gather close to
David's knee, gaze upward at the
sky-crowned youth, his snowy
mute perfection frozen.
Our tiny cameras freeze the stone
forever poised to throw
toward fated death.
Returning here again to Florence
stones, aged by many summers more,
David's stone remains unthrown.
its arc a future still postponed.
Peggy Brightman (c) 2017
my ears are stuffed
with pretty lies
my heart consumed
by butterflies
hear your words
watch your eyes
deep within
it signifies
the end of days
where i was found
hollowed and marked
tightly bound
bloody chains
broken bones
wounds left open
unthrown stones
lashing out
to save my skin
they told me why
but never when
this world unloved
for there are no hearts
if you still have yours
sell its parts
believe in fantasy
decieving stares
they locked me up
and no one cares
my angel wings
reflect the light
and keep away
the chills of night
angel of death
see me again
tell me why
but never when
The strides of human nature
Trek around our Mother Earth
With Verbal superstitions
Intact to fit each culture.
Like faith, it is quite unseen;
Yet it is seen in action;
Living daily life to change,
Strange old customs to cuisine
For trading thoughts with others.
Accepting without discourse
Test your truth of their belief
Becoming one -- earth brothers.
Life adapts to each his own,
That one lives eternally
However and wherever,
Sharing stone and bone unthrown.
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