Remembrance

Looking within, then through
Towards where wisdom’s born,
Kindly guidance, compassion’s
Grace with an elegant soul now, Now
Echoing silence upon the weathered
Walls of this psyche’s hidden
Corridors. Footsteps which linger
Within that silence. And now I know
They’ll echo within my heart
Eternally.

Crushed Compassion

Huddled upon the floor
Sobbing and bleeding,
Raging flesh’s brutality
Crushes another. Yet
That is not enough. No.

We demand to know
Why this overwhelming force
Was courted, sought. Insanity.
Compassion, perhaps,
Died. Revive it I shall.

Why am I awake?
Rising from my restless mind.
Autumn’s touch comes soon.

Carpe diem

For some, “seizing the moment”
Involves a death grip.
Hold that moment forever
Or until it’s torn from our
Grasping, finite fingers.

I seek, simply, to be fully in
Each moment. To savor each
Second dearly. Taste each piece
And fully know it, before it
Collapses into the vaporous
Collective of memory.

Possibilities

I cannot explain
The depths of my heart
Nor can anyone clearly.

Perhaps that’s
What’s meant by
“We’re alone”.

Yet, when we go
Deeper than words
Touching souls becomes

Possible.

Change

Isn’t it amazing 
How destructive 
Change can be?
Temperature fluctations 
Can shatter the 
Incredibly strong. 
Radical variations in
Speed rip apart the 
Strongest of machines. 

Humanity often needs 
Such violence. Bringing
About radical new social
Orders, birthing freedom
From history’s wretched  
Injustices.