The only remedy for wrongdoing
is to begin doing right.
The only lasting redress of grievance
is the continuous act of kindness.
This is our betrothal, our marriage,
our family, children, friends.
Love stands waiting in the marketplace.
Who can afford to approach it?
We live in its ambience and breathe its expectation.
The giver of flowers brings us hope
and asks nothing in return.
Christopher M. Swan 2009
It amazes and
Wow’s me
That some people
In this world
Will see and
Quickly accept
Wrongdoing then
Hop right on the
Bandwagon
Like it was said
Birds of a feather
Flock together
Why do we accept the nonsense like we're all deaf and blind, like the rocks and like the night?
The world needs no description anymore, it's dark, it's bad, it's not the world that we once had.
But we sit around, we're useless children and like we've tried before and don't want to try again.
I sit here, not alone, not wise, in dark, rainy July afternoon writing wisdom in bland sugar lies.
When will we at last wake up and see just how badly we've messed up?
Trauma and Wrongdoing Reveal
All the trauma and wrongdoing have to reveal;
Then rules and regulations will begin to repeal;
After re-arrange
Ideas change;
Entire society did heal when we seal the deal.
Jim Horn
whimsical windswept whiteness
wedding weekend wanderlust
willowy wonderland waltz
wrongfully weathered woe
wintry wishful whispers
wrestling woodland wintertide
welcome waxen wallflower
weeping wheezy widow
whimpering wholeheartedly
wrangling worthless worries
wanton wretched wrongdoing
wedged within wickedness
AP: Honorable Mention 2020
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