Acceptance

Acceptance is something ours alone

not a nod from others to give
 

Soured

We soured when the going got hard

turning on each other

unequipped to deal with challenges

we created for ourselves
 

Staying Alive

We moved forward when we could

mostly during the cover of darkness

fear and hunger our motivation

fighting to stay alive
 

New World Order

Phil could hardly remember

times before the 2nd great recession

days of plenty seemed a myth

all had been wiped out by decree

this was the new world order
 

Something Else

We exist as programmed,

how we live is something else
 

Forgiven

An enemy forgiven,

is one less burden
 

No Instruction

Nature needs no instruction
 

Hard Times

The hard times ahead

brought upon ourselves

our leaders nearly dead
 

Virus of Fear

Politics is a virus of fear

corruption on display

a thing that eats a soul

each and every day

 

Everything Else

Nothing adds up fine,

it's everything else that's the problem
 

Turning

Out fate shifts with each turning day,

an unfolding mystery...

unbound
 

Embraced

When freedom means nothing

we freely embrace death
 

Construct

Time our construct

holding us prisoner
 

Lessons

Nature holds lessons

in being what we are
 

Control

We are all about control

over others

or ourselves

freedom an afterthought
 

Pay Here

Everyday

we pay for our folly
 

With the Breeze

We aligned our dreams

setting sail on calm seas

moving with the breeze
 

Dark Ages

No one noticed at first

The descent into chaos

Humanity's natural state

Where nothing is left alone

Just another undoing

To welcome dark ages

 

Empty to Form

We merged into ourselves

between the spaces

empty to form
 

Grow

We grow

when we are

being
 

Driving Us

Our machines

reflections of ourselves

driving us
 

Flawed

We are the agents of our problems

chaos ours to own

flawed
 

Look Again

Ida wished for more

change and stamps

were all she could find
 

Move Soon

Hold still

let the storm pass

clearing our way

we'll move soon
 

Still we go

Danger lurks

at each crossing

death waits

still we go
 

Coming in Waves

Death was in the air

it defined the century

coming in waves

disease and war the norm

it was in our bones

filling our dreams

nothing could shake it

it became part of who you were
 

Open

When we're open

all flows as it should
 

Unfettered

Youth is a vacation

moving with a free mind

unfettered by the world
 

Free

 

She knew the unknown

felt deep in the bones

a light ahead to follow

the promise of a better tomorrow

For us all

The world undone

makes nothing

for us all