Monday, June 27, 2016

Late Night Poetry

Late night poetry 
Has a different 
     Quality 
Than those written 
     In 
Shining day light. 

There is more depth
     As in 
- deepest, darkest -

There is a line 
     That has been 
          Crossed 
One which says,
     I can do no more 
          Today
No more worrying 
No more thing -
     Off the list -
No more languishing 
     Projects
To 
     Half heartedly
          Begin

Just me -
     A quiet 
          Neighborhood
               (Hopefully)
And the 
     "Guilt"
Screaming something 
     About
How I promised
     To get to bed 
Early. 
          
          

9,999

9,999
Readers . . .
Who will be number 
10,000? 
Some prize should be given 
Some thank you note 
Received
But 
I doubt 
This program is programmed 
For such 
And I'm sure I 
     Wouldn't know how 
     To do it 
     Anyway 

But some thanks are 
In order for 
The wonderful readers 
Who have come 
To view
To read 
To see 

This internet of
All things 
May -
Help us all 
Get along 
And comprehend 
The quality
That the "common person"
Possesses

I think it is very important
Now
Especially 
Now 

Remember -
"What if they gave a war
And nobody came?"
What if we all saw
The sacredness 
     Of the planet 
And all things 
On it? 

What if "they" 
Couldn't lie to us and 
Manipulate us 
Anymore 
Because 
We started to 
Talk -
To each other? 

"They" might have to take their 
Toys of mass destruction 
And go home 

If there's nobody 
To push the button 
What then?

If we all know
Humility 
And peace 
What then ? 
Where is their power 
Then ?

Grasp the center 
Of the circle 
And hang on tight