Red flags flown with pride,
A symbol once wished peaceful,
Used to tear us apart;
A past in pieces,
We cannot allow to restart.
How dare they preach while
Waving rags so soaked in blood. Continue reading “Color Schemes – Blood Red Divisions”
Tag: free verse
Misplaced Missive #140: Rain
Sometimes what you’ll gain
Isn’t worth what you’ll lose. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #140: Rain”
Misplaced Missive #56 – Fortress
I’ve heard it said
No man is an island
But maybe, a woman
Can be a fortress. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #56 – Fortress”
Misplaced Missive #52 – Wall Flower
When you can’t sleep
For fear of dreaming,
And can’t act
For fear and thinking. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #52 – Wall Flower”
Misplaced Missive #55 – Lovecraft
The thunder calls
to it
or it
calls the thunder.
Lightning blinds and falls
ready to tear us
asunder.
The lurking fear is
here. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #55 – Lovecraft”
Misplaced Missive #54 – Sooner Than Never
Maybe it’s the control.
I have none, everywhere else,
Too far to worry about losing myself,
In a whirlwind of emotion. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #54 – Sooner Than Never”
Misplaced Missives #181 – Death
Grief sobbed out in stereo
We, the worried, march,
Like ants, in single file,
Like the guilty, on trial,
Towards the sorrowful;
The mourning;
It’s too early in the morning,
For this much ritual. Continue reading “Misplaced Missives #181 – Death”
Misplaced Missives #28: Mazes
I’ve lost myself again
trapped in what I can pretend
is real and not imagined. Continue reading “Misplaced Missives #28: Mazes”
Misplaced Missive #4 – Belief
Lie To Me
Tell me about the sanctity of nature,
Of respect and perseverance,
When machines decimate land and sea
In the name of progress, advancement, and greed. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #4 – Belief”
Misplaced Missive #36: Ceasing
Since I dare not voice how I feel,
I’ll write it down, and light it up.
Hoping that once it’s nothing but ash,
I’ll move past it, and it’ll cease to be.
So here goes: Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #36: Ceasing”
Evening Satellite Publishing 