Pleased

the sea has depths beyond our understanding

cities of lights, great living ships of knowledge

buried beneath the coral and water

like Atlantis but still its denizens breathe

wearing the cloak of inconceivability

because we cannot know that they inhabit

depths that we cannot perceive, cannot comprehend

yet time moves forward and some of us are willing

to let our thoughts accept whatever they will

what we have done on the surface of our beloved sphere

is not for them to judge, yet we, ourselves judge them

unknown though we may be in all our uniqueness

could we look in the mirror one day and be pleased?

Turn the World Around

we hold our anger in, so deep

it doesn’t mean we hate unless

our fear exaggerates itself

and highlights unknown dangers

but we must think hard and long

because our fear will magnify itself

and grow, grow, grow beyond our wishes

it can block the sun and block our hearts

we must turn away from the dark foreboding

to put ourselves back on track to where we need to be

we must turn the world around

to put the Love of nature back in charge

we must turn the world around

to make all people see the true way

let Love light the way, blow out our fear

and turn the world around

Growing Pains

deeply, we breathe in the stench

of barely oxygenated air that swirls

about the dark holes in the ozone

not a chamber of horrors yet

wind down our windpipes

to claim compassion, never imagine hope,

because our humanity is in dregs

of madmen, of the doubtful cynics

who want all they can have without

caring for those who crawl on their stomachs

pulling themselves along, to look

for greater creativity, greater longevity

as if all of their life hangs by a thread

and nowhere in their fretful minds

is the fresh breeze to blow the ugliness away

where do we find the fortitude to give rebirth

where do we get to wash away the oily grit

of yesterday’s murders and assassins’ bullets

come clean to relieve the pain as we step

casually forward into a new epoch of light

because not to do so is to disrespect

the growing pains