Why is there such violence

Why is there such violence

I’m staring into space

I wonder if I am

Part of the human race

The stars are far apart

Wars too close together

Somewhere there must be birds

Of a peaceful feather

Somehow we will find time

Somehow we will find time

No longer in a crowd

A sunny day for two

No noise or din, no loud

No distance between us

As we sit side by side

In a vast open space

Where Earth is wide as wide

Impressionistic day

Impressionistic day
The leaves painted with light
Beneath a serene sky
With cirrus clouds of white

Yet, it's modernistic
In colors of Van Gogh
With the wide open space
Of a peaceful Rothko

To stand in full color

To stand in full color
The light glowing within
The landscape, the white clouds
The very edges, the fringe

With joyousness, with pride
In peacefulness and grace
In the moment, basking
Just standing in one place

Today is a sparrow

Today is a sparrow
A grain of sand, clover
Nothing unusual
No rainbow or over

Rock, not precious metal
A drop in the ocean
A small fraction, with no
Significant quotient

Coming to the surface

Coming to the surface

Youth is disappearing

Days without any change

Yet years keep appearing

We’re caught in a funnel

That leads us to a void

Spinning in a spiral

That no one can avoid

Waiting for an answer

Waiting for an answer

Roads I could have chosen

Different avenues

Now lost in erosion

And here I am waiting

Watching the clouds invade

The sun that is fading

Another day is made