The peacock
Always
Stood tall
Displaying
His colorful feathers
A player
With swagger
Machiavellian tendencies
Reckless
Leading to colossal failure
Causing
The proud bird
To plummet
Eternally
Into
The psychosomatic abyss
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20’s, 30’s, 40’s, 50’s
Plenty of Risk
60’s, 70’s, 80’s
And beyond
If one lives that long
Risk-averse
186
Left behind
Never before took to crime
Unemployed
The young man
Walked down the steps of the favela
Pulled out a sharp blade
Decision made
First time hardest
Life forever tarnished
Society pays price
Living in fear is the sacrifice
185
News media boils pot of soup
Ultra-liberal professors brainwash youth
Think tanks bought and sold
Regurgitating propaganda
Doing as told
Powerful control the messengers
With titles and promises of gold
Pay billions for a startup
Although employees do not make enough
For food, shelter, clothes
Divide the nation
Population full of hate and frustration
Elites continue rapid castration
Forced starvation
Pound peasants into the ground
When everything is taken
Board private jet and leave town
184
Why?
Chasing
Chasing
Craving recognition
Brings only disappointment
Look through the prism
Physical world is an illusion
Rip out the ego
Toss on the bonfire
Watch it disappear into the night
Breakaway
Harness intuition
The only true light
183
Time
Nothing left but time
Deep in the underwater cave
No escape
Alone
Accepting fate
Soon
No more time
109
Recycle the bin
What information is chosen?
Keep the minds frozen
108
We are alone
Late-night in Atlantic Ocean
Love no longer torn
107
Polished marble floor
We danced tango once more
Then left separate doors
88
In the game too long
Time to get up walk away
Before heart decays
76
Hey dude got a smoke?
Things turned South against the ropes
All gone except hope
75
When running business
Think just like the Japanese
Be in for long haul
74
Today’s tourists
Travelling all over globe
Check off bucket list
To show who is the coolest
While poor struggle to exist
73
Dressed in her teddy
Trimming my beard and shaves me
Kiss passionately
72
She’s a good woman
No tricks lies fooling around
Hangs tight when chips down
41
The human vultures
Violently feast on carcass
While drinking fine wine
40
Do not be afraid
A man does not play small games
Mirror hides nothing
39
It’s nice getting old
Let youth chase after riches
I’m playing my flute
38
The elevator
Opens and closes its doors
Like the flow of life
37
Walking in Garden
The Hermit enjoys the scent
of Angel Trumpets
31
STOP take a moment
Analyze situation
Will save you mistakes
30
Small business people
Survive with innovation
That is all we have
29
Early morning haze
Skipping stones across the lake
Time to meditate
28
You’re the hit parade
No one knows it’s a charade
Our little secret
27
Laying in hammock
Between two coconut trees
My mind is at ease
26
Morning call to prayer
Centuries of tradition
Islam carries on
25
Tick tock clicking clock
Age creeps up on all of us
Do not miss the bus
24
Daisen Temple
Slowly raking rock garden
The years fly on by
23
Amazon Brazil
Nativos Brazileiros
Swept from their homeland
22
Wind swept salty beach
The boy and father bond while
casting lines in sea
21
Hoisting main sail
Leaving harbor for unknown
I light my cigar
20
Berlin Germany
The dominatrix
Freed him from reality
19
I’m a Gemini
Savoring all life’s pleasures
Until day I die
18
Please do not be hurt
Your work is better than mine
I just played the game
17
Crossing the border
Seeking American dream
She found bitterness
3
Spring flower blossoms
Youth and beauty will not last
Feast on the moment
2
The mind will play tricks
Anxiety has no friends
Keep the box healthy
