Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Climb

Our world elusive
we climb to find out
what we already know

Monday, December 30, 2019

Sinking

Our grasp of the world
sinks with our lack of understanding
leaving us holding nothing

Sunday, December 29, 2019

Saturday, December 28, 2019

Ours Alone

Once we've found our way
it's ours alone to travel
each step of the way

Friday, December 27, 2019

Thursday, December 26, 2019

Motion and Stillness

Motion begets Motion
destinations come and go
until we embrace stillness
finding home at last

Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Disconnected

We live in the shadow of nature
disconnected from the true world

Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Monday, December 23, 2019

Circumstances

Once programmed
we rarely change course
accepting circumstances as given

Build It

If we set our youth free
they could build a better world

Sunday, December 22, 2019

Saturday, December 21, 2019

Passing Shadows

We're just shadows of ourselves
more with each passing day

Thursday, December 19, 2019

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

No Way Out

There is no way out
not for those who look
distractions see to that

Monday, December 16, 2019

Runtime Error

She expected an infinite loop
possibilities beyond dreams
what she got was a funeral instead

Sunday, December 15, 2019

Routines

We invented gods
to give us some meaning
while we waited
to complete our routines

Saturday, December 14, 2019

Friday, December 13, 2019

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Shadows of the Past

The days take us away
bits and bytes at a time
until we're just shadows of the past

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Malfunctioning

Our simulation is malfunctioning
with each glimpse we change
the outcome of our existence

Monday, December 9, 2019

Tumble and Crash

The walls of each era
slowly tumble and crash
as our routines are updated
and our destiny plays out

Sunday, December 8, 2019

Return to Zero

Our destiny determined
before we were born
we loop through the days
until we return to 0

Saturday, December 7, 2019

Keep Away

At war with ourselves
we circle the wagons
to keep each other away

Friday, December 6, 2019

Changing Course

Life plays out a bit at a time
each byte changing our course

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Trinkets

Dreams packaged and sold
windows filled with trinkets
for which we sell our souls

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Wouldn't Last

After the war, we celebrated
a peace we knew wouldn't last

Monday, December 2, 2019

Wandering Soul

Terri loved the beach
it was her sanctuary
a place to connect without words
where the soul could wander freely
and return with each crashing wave

Sunday, December 1, 2019

Far Off

They dreamed of long-off tomorrows
each happy day unfolding
a far off world that awaits
those who don't live today

Saturday, November 30, 2019

Decaying Uncertainty

Lieutenant Charles walked up to the door and announced himself.
"Police Miss Phillips, I'd like to take to you."
The door opened and there stood the most intriguing woman he'd ever seen.
His thoughts decaying in uncertainty.

Friday, November 29, 2019

Let it pass

"I wish it could be painless, 
but I guess that's asking for too much," he said.
Frantically pacing like a hungry cat in a cage.

Thursday, November 28, 2019

Science

Our science cages us
into thinking we're something
that we're not...
ignoring the looping code

Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Changed and Driven

Some find god
inventions of the mind
changed and driven
we come apart

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Monday, November 25, 2019

Errors

We live within the routines
designed for us
until an error halts us in our tracks

Sunday, November 24, 2019

Saturday, November 23, 2019

Fade Away

Leon missed himself
and the love he had
now just fading away

Friday, November 22, 2019

Toil

Fame and fortune fled
leaving us behind to toil
dreaming of things that could have been
convinced we were in control

Thursday, November 21, 2019

Immaculate Precision

It all seemed so real,
the world around,
the time passing...
immaculate precision
until they became self-aware

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Land of Promises

We set up camp where we could
we were just passing through
on our way to a land of promises
which would turn out to be compromises

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Shores Unknown

He woke angry.
Ted knew that he was going to die.
Some other version of himself had gone too far.
Hunted he fled to shores unknown.

Monday, November 18, 2019

While we're here

The world in a hurry
always
to get nowhere
instead of being
while we're here

Sunday, November 17, 2019

Love Falls

She was a spy behind enemy lines
the last of the resistance
waiting for love to fall
her mission complete
lost behind the wall

Saturday, November 16, 2019

Soft Rains

The soft rains couldn't erase the loneliness
of a journey ending alone 

True Darkness

The shadows of the city had its secrets
but that's not where its true darkness is

Friday, November 15, 2019

Love Sailed Away

It's the 82nd year of a century of discontent
destructive decade upon decade
cities, crowd, industrialized life
this new age of fear
built on pillars of hate
after our love sailed away

Thursday, November 14, 2019