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