It vanishes

When we don't treasure freedom,

it vanishes.....
 

Flow

Chaos flows from us,

humanity's big achievement
 

Freefall

 

We, programmed are in a freefall

Lost Gifts

Innocence is a gift we lose
 

Abated

 

Calm abates the storm

Blending

 

All blends into being,

when we let it go

Our Own

We lost paradise,

decorated hell,

and made it our own
 

Left Alone

 

We can find our way,

when left alone

What it isn't

 

Reality fails us,

when we put our faith in it,

making it what it isn't

Unmoved

 

When we're still,

we find the rest we need,

unmoved

Obstacles

When we're gentle and patient,

we can overcome obstacles
 

Superficial

The world deceives itself,

the superficial taking on meaning,

driving us in circles
 

Move On

Stopped in our tracks,

in a world that won't move on
 

Learning

 

Nature is good at being what it is,

something we could learn from

Zealot's Dream

Fear cleared the streets,

death around each corner,

or so we were told...

making it easier to control us,

a zealot's dream
 

Failure

Failure is in the works,

the future we build,

giving away our freedom
 

Perfect Solution

Losing it all,

vodka and pills,

seemed like a gift....

A perfect solution to nothing...
 

No sign of life

Gone are the dreams, people too,

empty streets waiting

 

Taking

You can count on government,

to empty your pockets,

taking is what it's good for

 

No Protection

There's no protection

from the storms in life
 

Death Merchants

 

Humanity has never been able to get along with itself,

perfecting ways of killing each other instead,

politicians death merchants driving us,

each day a little closer to the edge

Deceived

We deceive ourselves

with our thinking
 

Fallen Empire

When fear drives us,

our freedom hangs in the balance,

political promises can't support us,

thus another empire falls
 

Couldn't Help

Now it was happening,

now she was there,

but she couldn't help
 

For the worse

We watch the world morph,

changed at our hands,

so much for the worse

Thinking

 

Thinking you're going somewhere,

gets you nowhere....

Fleeting Moments

 

Vacant her mind wandered

fleeting moments

without faces

No Winning

There's no winning in life

the end is the same for us all
 

Fools

The world is run by fools
 

Random

 

With grace, we share our passing

touched in parting

our random nature

Our Loss

They fought for the freedom

we so happily give away

the loss is ours
 

Can't Leave

Jeff lay dying

City General his final home

leaving wasn't an option

at least not alive
 

Fresh Fish

The news waits for fish

rolled in paper

sold in alleys

a magic lamp

a secret wish

just what we've waited for
 

Diner

 

With military cadence

insurance from the rain

we wrench the last of our love

feeding our pain

Keeping Secrets

Idle moments

cracking the future

in every alley

where secrets are kept
 

Till time runs out

Our days take us nowhere

circles to chase
 till time runs out

Unsightly

The past is more unsightly than remembered
 

Approach

Our approach gives meaning
 

War

War is the one thing we are good at
 

Foolish Thinking

 

It's foolish to think we're getting anywhere

Housed

 

Housed in our realms

we, unaware

of all the beyond

Eras

Time defines little

eras come and go
 

Deconstruction

To see what really is

we need to deconstruct what isn't
 

Tunnels

Time is a tunnel

we ghosts pass through

looking for what can't be found
 

Refresh

 

Take some time out

refresh yourself

Habits

 

Habits form from necessity...

they're our security from the unknown,

like lines on our face

Shocking

 

Parting his eyes,

Ted was taken back....

another shock to his system,

he knows what comes next

Dream State

 

Ted had an active imagination.

He'd awake several times a week....

In a dream state, ready to take on the world

No Shock

 

The news of his brother's suicide didn't shock Sid.

It was expected.... like a politician

corruption is a way of life

Impossibility

 

The future is an impossibility

it doesn't exist