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30 Aug 2013 Leave a comment
in August 2013, poetry Tags: equal, fairness, lies, life
Life is not fair
all are not even
no mortal can make it fair
that is just a lie
Mortals who pretend
to be gods
mouth words about
life being fair for all
Yet they cannot
make people smarter
keep them from dying
make them all wealthy
They cannot change
behaviors
karma
fate
Life cannot be
made fair for all
anyone who claims it can
is lying
19 Aug 2013 3 Comments
in August 2013, poetry Tags: grief, joy, life, loss, love
This talk of splendor in the grass
glory in the flower
grieving not
joy in what remains
so long have I waited
to allow it to be so
finally to let go
but joy I do not know
Grieving not
have I mastered
regret is not
part of me
Joy in what remains
in the life that is
or in the memory of what was
there is no joy in what was
Certainly there was not
splendor in the grass
nor glory in the flower
no joy in what remains
11 Aug 2013 1 Comment
in August 2013, poetry Tags: life, memories
The memories they linger
no matter how long it’s been
is it as hard as it seems
to make them go
Why do they stay
are the feelings still there
is it that the love refuses
to go
Or is it something else
guilt perhaps
and the unforgiven
who won’t go
Always in the mind
the first memories awake
or asleep
why don’t they go
Will they stay forever
is there no way to be free
still here
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