Retreating from battle

Retreating from battle
Passive to narcissist
Surrendering to win
Absence makes arsonist

Enjoy celebration
Everyday a marvel
Seek surprises while they
Are losing their marble

Demanding to dance while

Demanding to dance while
Hoping to step on toes
Always skipping rocks where
The peaceful water flows

And never allowing
The injuries to heal
Your dogs must be trained
To beg , sit, stay and heel

Oh the joy of relief

Oh the joy of relief
Oh the sense it's over
Like finding a tiny
Missing four leaf clover

The burden has lifted
Gone are the weight and strife
Now starts the steps for a
Far more meaningful life

The apple orchards are

The apple orchards are
Heavy with ornaments
This August morning has
Cool autumn sentiments

But the day is canvas
Pulled drum tight on a frame
Bleaching sun and showers
That pop-up and exclaim

It is not the first time

It is not the first time
Sifting through a wreckage
Weighing the misfortunes
Concluding the message

Of who and why and how
Giving our anger rights
By declaring freedom
And then putting up fights

Out of the dust cyclone

Out of the dust cyclone
Waiting for the blank slate
Turned around, lifted, dumped
Need of a better state

Another summer slows
Today the clouds are still
Possessing the want and
Ultimately the will

Not a magnetic pull

Not a magnetic pull
Holding us together
More glue and more glue won't
Hold in extreme weather

And when the pieces fall
It was always my fault
And apologies were
Deposits in your vault

We have to ask ourselves

We have to ask ourselves
Why did we allow it
To avoid arguments
Why not disavow it

Instead of finding rhymes
Repeating what was heard
Not striking our own path
And following the herd

Too many restrictions

Too many restrictions
Imaginary lines
Clouds and consequences
Negative and unkind

But how much of it's false
And quite the contrary
All this gaslighting failed
To kill the canary

Raging for more peace while

Raging for more peace while
Fighting complacency
Angry for kind thoughts in
This vacuum and vacancy

Raking my fallen leaves
Learning from their losses
Extending my branches
Up where the sun crosses

Advancing to plateaus

Advancing to plateaus
Feeling the landscape shift
Seeing three-sixty the
Most significant gift

We're chasing tomorrows
Forecasting the weather
Abandoning the flock
For a stranger feather

Remembering the storm

Remembering the storm
On a quiet open sea
Assessing the damage
Celebrating the We

Survivors in safety
On an arc of frontier
Battered but bountiful
Self-empowered to steer

Losing the mastery

Losing the mastery
There is no clarity
Where's our humanity
Can we agree, be kind

Avoid sugar coating
No explatives noting
Reach high for thoughts floating
The betterment of mind