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Uncle Sam. (Fourth of July)
How do I celebrate?
How do I cheer
with masses of people?
How do I celebrate freedom,
knowing only half of me was set free today?
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POEMS
Poems are my eyes
Windows to a soul, Body, Mind
A new worldview
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Under the Night Sky
Look to the star-pricked sky,
high moon like
a pearl kicked onto
dark silk stretched from east to west.
Find yourself in
the silence that plays
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MIND
Fly free
your divine
mind.
Pour into
our world,
your minds
gift
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HOLDING HAPPINESS
Who knew happinesswas something
to hold
A lonely palm
Happiness takes
Wraps itself
Into the embrace
Of your open self
My happiness
Holds me back
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The Loss of a Songbird
As I step into the wood
I hear nature’s song, oh so good
The song of a small bird,
he fills the world without a word
At the peak of a sweet crescendo,
Loves
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Winter Sunsets
you used to love the snow and ice
the dark and stormy winter nights
December's magic festive glow
now seems many years ago.
you crave the warmth of summer's kiss
let sunlight bring you back to bliss
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Aurora
The great aurora in the sky
Colors lovely and bright,
Your mind takes flight
A feeling you can’t buy
But look between the color
Stray your eye,
Something quite duller
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A Map of My Heart
It's a thin, fragile book
you would keep in a desk
the cover is elegant
and the pages, a mess
In black and red ink
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Tomorrow
I don't like to think about the future
For the future feels final.
The future feels like a goal everyone is working towards
That none have arrived at
And none ever will.
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Second Amendment
Fact: States with less gun control have higher rates of shootings
Fact: Suicide attempts are far more likely to succeed when a gun is involved
Fact: On average, 316 people in the US are shot every day
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Afterthoughts
Because this world is not good or evil
Not black or white
No halos or horns
This world is twisted and gray
And the afterlife is the same.