Poem ... Silence
Silence is empty glass
Once filled with wine
Once part of conversation
Once so Devine
An empty chair
Once lover's words
No longer echo
No longer heard
A phone gone dead
An empty bed
Words of love
That once were said
Fingers on glass
Car drives away
Silent word from lips
Wish I could stay
Words written with tears
Reaching for a touch
Escaping this silence
Nearness meant so much
Rabid Poet
Poem ... Legacy Importance
We leave behind
Traces we made
Products we consumed
Tributes we paid
Very short lived
Rememberances scant
Those left behind
Their wishes to grant
Great importance
Messages left behind
Revealing our views
Hoping to be kind
The Sun's spinning
Continues it's pace
Turning boulders to dust
Same for our case
So for that legacy
We leave behind
It turns to dust
A matter of time
Rabid Poet
Poem ... Emerging
Emerging from my dreams
Nothing seems real
Driving a car backwards
My smartphone I try to feel
Don't know these people
Surrounding my car
Their shallow eyes
Focused afar
Some things are familiar
Picture on the wall
Even it changes shape
To a past I recall
These people start a chant
You can't leave this dream
Your reality can wait
We need your scream
I push the accelerator hard
But the crowd has largely grown
They slowly arise
Their continuance on
I reach for the lamp
To escape this dream
But my arm won't move
And more images stream
Silence is broken
Reality streams
I'm sitting on side of bed
Emerging from dreams
Rabid Poet
Poem ... Sweet Vanity
Sweet Vanity
You take me far
Beyond mortal things
Hitched to a star
On to Ego
And things I need
I call it achieve
Others call it greed
So it is my plane
Going to my isle
I own so much
It is my style
You could be my friend
If you can fill a need
I have so many wants
My World you must feed
So on I go with
Sweet Vanity of mine
My one true love
True friend of mine
Rabid Poet
Poem ... Changed Expectation
Those things that cling
Enticing me to pursue
Soon to be mine
Soon in my view
Does it matter
Destruction they bring
Forests are cut
To make that thing
But it is my right
To have what I want
To fill my expectation
To avoid the don't
Reconsider perhaps
My want is must
Those things I affect
Is it perhaps just
I know I can change
Not needing those things
Making life a little easier
Changed expectation brings
Rabid Poet
Poem ... Mind Wander
Into my mind
Aimlessly I go
Seeking clues
To this new show
Will we cease to be?
This drama we live
As Earth heats up
No sustainability to give
We have been here
Choosing our way
With animals and gods
Making our day
Our numbers are huge
Technology made
Manipulating other species
In our consumer charade
But this mind wander
Seeking those clues
As to where we are going
Maybe in the news
We have pushed
Our direction too far
In my mind wander
I wish on a star
Rabid Poet
Poem ... The How
We go the way
Of what they say
Pretending to know
Our part in the play
This reality we see
Is really a smudge
Smeared on our windshield
That wipers won't budge
If they can pretend
To show what is real
Is it our obligation
To follow their zeal
To know what to say
To know what to do
Suppose we change
To a different view
One that is clear
One that is Now
With what time is left
We choose the How
Rabid Poet
Poem .... Mind Control
Things are good
So they say
Markets are up
Time to play
Build more cars
Those factories run
Our meaningless trips
Just for the fun
We cannot see
Oz pulling our strings
Behind the curtain
Images he streams
Notebooks here
Smartphones there
All looks good
Why should we care
And who now owns
Those images in our head
Keeping us cool
Away from the dread
We think we know
The direction we head
But far from reality
Mind control instead
Rabid Poet
Poem ... New Year
I try to see
How things could be
How backing away
Could set us free
Sharing cars
And sharing homes
Reducing expectations
Leaving our thrones
Mansions built
In mansions we live
And those we impress
No empathy they give
For this New Year
I change my vow
From negative prediction
To joy in the Now
To helping friends
Losing their way
To live in amazement
For just one more day
No one to blame
No place to go
Living day to day
In this Reality Show
Rabid Poet
