Tarnished

A simple statement in passing,
a punch in the gut delivered quick
by an unsuspecting hand.
No one knows, no one cares
Save the wounded.

What savage blow
in a byway word
a name, another…
Biting back Vomit’s sting
a losing battle.

“Reject your sense of injury,”
Says Marcus Aurelius.
“and the injury itself disappears.”
But this one will fester,
Becoming a Mental Leper .

Do not care.
Shouldn’t care.
But still do, and why?
Can’t be helped.
A meaningless thought. 

The People's Lament

How long must we wait?
Our destiny is within sight!
Sadly, our leaders will see too late.

We can rise above our current state,
and that old flame reignite!
How Long must we wait?

We see we can, and must embrace fate
and spread civilization’s light,
Sadly, our leaders will see too late.

We must move on, we must not stagnate!
We must not give up on our birthright!
How long must we wait?

No expansion, no striving to create
If not going forward, we’ll fall back into plight

Sadly, our leaders will see too late.

What can be done to win this debate,
and put ourselves back into the noble fight?
How long must we wait?
Sadly, our leaders will see too late. 

Weary Traveler

I have walked the path set before me,

It's potholes, its loose stones, it's

scattered debris

And I passed by the unmarked trail

And their mists reaching for my heart and my soul

And my feet, stumbling for stability.

I have walked in puddles, and I have walked

In mud

Of which even the sun refuses to dry. 

A corner War Propagandist

“You don’t support Democracy?” she asked
as I declined the flyer she offered.
I tried to ignore her as I walked past.
“Or do you enjoy innocents slaughtered?”
At that point, I could not keep walking on.
Turning, I waved at her stack of flyers.
“I see that you have bought in on the con,
Propaganda spun by high paid liars,
just to keep up their antiRussian tale,
 to cover up the Democrats’ treason,
and other crimes that would make us both pale,
for all of this, and no other reason.”
As I turned away, I said one thing more,
“We can not have another brother war.”