It’s not lost on me,
This delicious irony,
As I stalk my son
Between Italian webcams
Half a world away,
That I decry surveillance
When conducted by the state!
Barberini Square- Bernini’s Triton Fountain
Piazza Della Rotunda- the obelisk of Ramses II
Piazza Navona- Fountain of the Four Rivers
Must we wait ’til death, is virtually on hand
To utter unto those we love, all the truths demise demands?
Oh! Would not the world, grow more radiant with peace
If today we share our, distant future, deathbed speech?
Wind beneath thy wings
Bearing upward and away
Off to find a world
Different, wonderful, new.
Fly, my son, ’til next we meet.
Dream eye unfocused
Embark upon this journey
Seeking clarity
Today these Redbuds
Begin to mist the treetops
Rusty violent hues
Playful shades of gray
Capture mischievous grin
In ways colors fail.
Her invitation came
Addressed with snark and fury.
“Welcome to my chaos!”,
She offered as her greeting.
“Swim awhile, here with me
Among this drifting wreckage,
Floating fragments of dreams and plans,
Hopes and wishes for my shattered life.”
She served this raging petit four;
Smallest sliver of her misery
With a bitter aperitif, piercing my heart
In its acrid headward rush.
Did she hope to whet my appetite
With her caustic bread; cordial bile?
In truth, I find her burden
Shared is less a burden lessened;
But more a sorrow spread.
“Here is my vast, crass repast!
Will you savor with me?”
Where lies the outrage;
Outrage at the lies we’re told.
Told which lies to trust.
Trust that we are told the truth.
Truth be told, we trust in lies.
Wherein lies the Truth?
It’s so difficult to tell
When ones Truths are Lies.
My friends, Facebook rants
Serve scant purpose but to be
Mere noetic gymnastics.
Building us this wall.
Thank you Mister President;
We feel so much safer now!
Universal love
Requires not your belief
Nor your suffering;
But only your compassion
Toward all who are in pain.
Deny climate change.
Even Punxsutawney Phil,
With his rodent gifts,
Misforcasted record heat
From his hole ‘neath Gobblers Hill.
Aroil in Pain 