Sunday, November 26, 2006

stricken with silence


another month of near silence
pen stuck in the mud of non-thought
journal writing is automatic
like the weather bound to change
in the mind of non-thought
staring off into somewhere else entirely
visualizing that place not quite sitting
but comfortable another month
a failure in the skeptical eyes
of the alter ego another month
of knowledge and self scrutiny
under the microscope and the eye
my own got to do it alone
no one is going to pick it up
and eye will have to make it fly
be it's wings at 33
turning up everywhere
and even here now as the fire
turns the room smoky
and water in a glass it would be
half full and rising
or falling depending on the day
the trees are stripped
to skeleton fingers outstretched
over the neighborhood tonight
it's still early...

Wednesday, November 8, 2006

nothing concluded 172


more thoughts down
randomly throwing
twelve-sixteen
ten years since
they lied then too
 
claiming mission
accomplished and
job well done
ask the soldier
who comes home
 
without his legs
how does he feel
when the president
jokes about the reason
we went to war
 
and how soon
until we the people
are labeled the enemy
again some might
not have to worry
 
how many more
years will we the people
be here to warn
the others
nothing concluded
 
another rainy
November night
probably been ten years
since Scorpios stood close
open to new ideas
 
sprouting like herbs
in a garden of knowledge
someone will forget
no doubt continuing
under some other name
 
who knows when it will
all make sense again
when will we the people
be able to feel secure
in what we the people
 
truly are
not herd-able
as some might believe
there will always be
those who stand out
 
and those who stand up
for what is right
despite what has been accepted
without checks
and balances as intended
 
some will say
time wasted
on thoughts that will
change nothing
but minds
 
can move the masses
to realize we don't
have a choice
to fight this
abduction of freedom...