In a Time of Shadow
Tag: revolution
Rebellion
We all carry hearts
that want to
resist
rebel
riot —
let our rebellion
be against inequality,
disrupting a system
that never saw
our defiant hearts
coming
for it.
Rise for Truth
Even if you don’t
rise for opportunity,
rise for success,
or rise for command,
always,
always rise
for the truth.
On Ridicule
Consider it
a good sign
when someone
ridicules
your dream
or
your effort;
if it brings
no one to jeer,
it’s hardly
outrageous
enough
to make
a difference.
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Wordsmith Wednesday: Poem X
We all want to be the
person
community
business
country
with the bigger stick.
When are we going
to start building something
with all of these sticks?
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On Combat
Sometimes,
the war isn’t against evil
or taken up to trounce malice —
it’s a bloody, embittered battle
against policies, systems, precedents, and structures
too infirm and too narrow-focused
to extend their reach
to the people
who exist at the margins.
Wordsmith Wednesday – Poem VIII
Perhaps,
the only thing we destroy
more than the earth
is each other.
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Touchstone Tuesday – Poem V
Someone once told me
that a proper poem
is to have
within it
a rigid rhyme scheme.
So, I, I, I,
shattered their vase,
around which hung
the decayed petals
of iambic pentameters,
and watched,
as impropriety
crawled out.
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Lottery
Lottery and tragedy
purpose to reveal
our thorough inconsistency
and incongruity —
that we would mumble
“why me?”
and “why not me?”
all at once.
One thing, though, remains constant:
“me.”
Holiness
Sure, we’re all holy
(from the neck up)
aren’t we?
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Faith, Health, and Other Musings 