Again a full circle

Again a full circle
We have been here before
Looking out the windows
With our hands on the door

They say insanity
Is doing the same thing
Expecting new outcomes
We must exit this ring

Another disconnect

Another disconnect
No longer in orbit
The past put in silos
The future we forfeit

Receiving gifts with strings
Bows untying to knots
The haves are truly halves
That half until have nots

Outside the envelope

Outside the envelope
To have broken the seal
Read our letter out loud
To all the World reveal

Pale leaves are turning green
Bonsai roots transplanted
Like crippled Lazarus
Alive and enchanted

A realization

A realization
There is no looking back
It's not a portrayal
But a rope without slack

But why couldn't we see
The wolf in sheep clothing
And the absence of joy
And time spent in loathing

Hereditary gene

Hereditary gene
In the Y chromosome
An oddity in life
Like leprechaun or gnome

Where love of self implodes
Like a black hole in space
Sucking up all matter
Because it can't embrace

This slave is your master

This slave is your master
Servitude dictator
In their generous debt
A true puppet maker

Run as far as we can
Land and heart need distance
Aim arrows long and high
Escaping resistance

Linear tic-tac-toe

Linear tic-tac-toe
All the XXX's and OOO's
No one wins, so let go
Happiness lies ahead

Stop wondering what's wrong
Too many years, too long
Singing the same old song
'Til vocals are just read

In the September light

In the September light
An answer to it all
Nature moving forward
Just let the acorns fall

Planning in the Winter
For planting in the Spring
The losses of summer
And the lessons they bring

We are no longer moons

We are no longer moons
At last we are wild seeds
The landscape before us
Be it orchards or weeds

We hope for the future
As we cope with the days
We enter open doors
And not lock them and braze

No true catastrophe

No true catastrophe

No incident, no crime

So close to the summit

To deviate our climb

Embracing time and change

Fruit ripens, acorns fall

We will find ourselves home

Without building a wall

Reaching the positive

Reaching the positive

Us singing Gloria

Together travelling

To some euphoria

Of pieces and parts that

Are collectively whole

Like a sky full of stars

Or a diamond in coal

Forbidding the past to

Forbidding the past to

Determine direction

Not a rudder, oar, sail

Or future intention

Yet it is not cargo

To be thrown overboard

Becoming an anchor

An umbilical cord

Words I've never chosen

Words I’ve never chosen

Yet meaning understood

Proof we are two branches

From identical wood

Brevity and beauty

Yet nothing eternal

Nor despair and duty

Are a lasting kernal

A gift to the future

A gift to the future
We will never unwrap
A beautiful dream if
Only the world could nap

Unattainable hopes
So worth aspiring to
And each generation
Thinking old thoughts are new

Just because it's broken

Just because it's broken
Do we break it some more
Once irreparable
Destroy or just ignore

Why make smaller pieces
A sense of inspection
Accept that it's broken
And skip the dissection

Not a tree of heaven

Not a tree of heaven
A struggle in the rocks
Or cattle or a bird
Shunning both herds and flocks

Still, here I am fleeting
Even the stars collapse
Importance and a sense
Of survival will lapse

Wisdom anxiety

Wisdom anxiety
To know but can't alter
Watching the mishaps or
The unknowing falter

Failing education
Lack of experience
Brings an impending doom
Without interference

Here's a day of beauty

Here's a day of beauty
News of tension and gore
Summer day with light winds
With terrorism galore

Lounging in the kitchen
When will the kettle boil
Cafes are blown up like
Low hanging fruit to spoil