Likes to hide in the shadows

Pokes out here and there

Takes a swipe

With a razor sharp sword

Then

Takes another swipe

Until

A full blown panic attack

Oozes out from the cuts

Anxiety

Accomplishes its goal

Slow

Shredding the soul 

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We are living

During a generation

That

Face

One

Calamity

After

Another

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Shackled

Desperate

And

Locked

In my primitive mind

Restoring hope

Only thought left in my mind

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First cold snap

Birds start to fly south

Homemade soup

Cuddling by the fireplace

Hot chocolate in the morning

Covered with warm heavy blanket

A good sleep tonight

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Some see colorful butterflies

The colors

I 

Forgot

 I lost the ability to see the colors

and recognize butterflies

I no longer look up

at the blue sky

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Pockets of air

Floating over the graveyard

Oh!

So

Many

Dreams that died

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Decades under control

Then 

One day

Life went off tracks

I’m now lost

Unable to return

To my old self

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When survival kicks in

The gloves are off

Bare-knuckle

Street fight

All the way

Brains are

Wired that way

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Global hunger 

will continue to rise

as

technological advancements

create more disadvantaged members of society

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Oh Mighty Corp

Large

Global

Controlling

Corporations

Will

Dictate

What we

Buy

Eat

Watch

And

How we live our lives

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Before

I seen everything in color

After

All was black and white

On bad days

Everything is graveyard grey

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Slowly every day

He painted the steps

Leading up to the favela

When I asked him why?

He said

“This is my vision” 

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The Making Of A Storyteller

Experiences

Suffering

Pain

Misfortune

Produces

A

Poet

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Endless Migration

“Go west young man”

No

Move to the city

In poor countries

Cities

Are

Overrun by people

Flocking

For a better existence

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The Sailor

Only 

FREE

While at sea

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There is disparity of wealth and opportunity

Parents who pay 

For their children’s education

Give them a fresh, debt free start

Those who need to take out student loans

Are saddled with debt

That takes years to pay off

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Everything is impermanent

Yet

When something

Is

Lost

That deeply effects the spirit

It is not easy

Letting go

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Disturbance In The Workplace

Could never get ahead

Too much of a hot head

Such a short fuse

Most of the time

Angry

Argumentative

With coworkers

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Swift Replacement

She is always

Prepared

Before changing partners

Like a monkey

She has one hand

Already grasping

Another tree

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The Quarrel

They were a small group

Together

In search of the perfect place

Eventually

Disagreement mounted

Finally

They gave up

Went separate ways

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“Nobody wants to be in this position”

So true

Yet seems sterile 

Simplistic

As  she continues to

wait in line at

the food bank

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Experiences shape the way we

see the world

Looking at a bar of chocolate

Not the same

As eating the chocolate

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Childhood memories

Blank

Nothing written

No explanations

Denial

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Change of Perspective

The gods were forgiving

Escape from death 

Twice

In a week

Going forward 

All calamities 

In life

Meaningless

Sand

Blown

About

In a desert storm 

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Busted!

Stealing was always easy

His empire built on scams 

Caught for the first time

Doing a small

Illegal deal

Reputation

Freedom

All Lost

Pondering:

When watching the rich and famous getting caught for doing something stupid,  illegal and seemly for a small amount of reward , we tend to ask ourselves.

“Why he/she would risk so much for so little?”

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Sitting on her rocking chair

she said

“life is simple”

Just follow The Good Book

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She tries to change

but

mostly

makes all her decisions

based

on emotion

not

reason

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Suffering

Can bring about

A

Desperate 

Decision

Leading to an act

That has life altering

Consequences

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The return

Very difficult

On my hands and knees

Picking up

Broken pieces

Of stained glass

Then 

Trying 

To glue everything back together

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She found out early

What is her purpose in life

Move around world

Free

A job here a job there

Just enough

To keep moving on

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Is there life after death?

Deep question

Sorry

Charlie

I’m too busy working

No time to think

Just

Work

And

Keep on working

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The poor and disadvantaged

Throughout history

Used and mistreated

When

Old and no longer needed

Tossed into the city gutter

To decay away 

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Lie in bed

Sleep time

Meal time

Medication time

Institutionalized

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I took

What I thought was to be

My final walk

Stopped

Fell asleep

Woke up

Shackled

To a gigantic ficus tree 

No longer free

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Years gone by

Like seaweed floating endlessly on the ocean

The Father

On his deathbed

With complete honesty

Told his son

“I’m sorry I hurt you”

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Freedom

We take for granted

Until 

We lose it

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Oh boy

Did I climb 

the mountain top

looked down

and realized 

it was not worth it

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