June 4, 2020: Reflexes of Pain

human reflexes

to inflict pain upon those

we believe hurt us

A cycle of destruction that threatens to consume us all.

Word of the Day Challenge: Senryu

Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com

Today’s Word of the Day challenge is “Acid“. I found this pretty challenging. Finally, I came up with the notion below.

like a strong acid
such a corrosive people
crafting so much pain

The Lessons Of Pain

As I’m dealing with shoulder and lower back pain. I appreciate you folks: constant and kind. 

A Meditation On Love: A Haiku

Love is many things
Over and under rated
Creates joy and pain

 

Thoughts I do not want to think

My mind is racing

Thoughts I do not want to think

I’m deeply weary

Awake, Far Too Early: A Brief Poem 

​Far too early 

To be awake.

Echoes in my mind 

Haunting my dreams 

This Painful Evening

Over fifty-years 

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A Friday evening haiku for my knee

Though no injury
Knee pain, stiffness and soreness
Ibuprofen saves

Faces Of Cazuca – The Illusive Peace For The Children Living In Extreme Poverty After Colombia’s War — Edge of Humanity Magazine

Pained eyes of children
Poverty is violent
Cycles of despair


The folks over at Edge of Humanity shared this post: “Faces Of Cazuca – The Illusive Peace For The Children Living In Extreme Poverty After Colombia’s War“. I’m struck by the cycle of despair, of violence, victimization and rage.  I wonder if we can ever break free of this madness.


 

Visual Artist Katy Lopez is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this portrait/documentary photography. From her project ‘AfterWar‘. To see Katy’s body of work click on any photograph. AfterWar is a story told in photographs of the children of Cazuca, a very deprived and stigmatized area on the outskirts of […]

via Faces Of Cazuca – The Illusive Peace For The Children Living In Extreme Poverty After Colombia’s War — Edge of Humanity Magazine

Numb

 

Facing life’s cruelty
Weary of watching them crushed
Energy vanished