Unusual

Poem ... Unusual

To go to new heights
From where we were
To see through those warnings
Of difficulties sure to incur

To walk away from the crowd
To write and sing our own verse
To pick up a guitar
A future to rehearse

We are Unusual
In a future we see
Humanity backing away
Nature to be free

Things happen fast
When truth becomes known
When we become Unusual
When compassion seeds are sewn

There will be those
Who cling to the past
But they will be left behind
As Unusual moves fast

Rabid Poet

Suits and Ties Journey

Poem ... Suits and Ties Journey

Suits and ties
A corporate disquise
Pulling the wool
Over all our eyes

Boards of directors
Their hands in the soup
Manipulating our lives
We cluck in their coup

Hidden in disguise
They do not think
And their goal is apparent
Make money and not blink

So where does this go
Journey of suits and ties
Ending very soon
Ending their lies

Rabid Poet

Spinning Wheel

Poem ... Spinning Wheel

Round and round we go
We don't know how to slow
Part of the growth machine
Part of the human show

If we try to slow
Bank accounts drain
Corporations condemn us
Have we gone insane?

So faster and faster
We spin this wheel
Calling it progress
Becoming our zeal

And here we are
Hamsters in a wheel
Don't know where we are going
Not caring what is real

Rabid Poet

I Think of You

Poem ... I think of You

I threw some leaves up in the air
They drifted down I know not where
And in their journey across the sky
They painted colours for my eye
Rust Reds here, some Golden there
A splash of purple everywhere
And I know when Autumn's through
Snowflakes drift as I think of you

Rex

I Say Hello

Poem ... I Say Hello

Things are changing
From what I once knew
To unforeseen consequence
Driven by the few

Tap dance on credit
Buy this, buy that
Slide across stage
Tipping of the hat

I know they will like me
In our large new abode
Expensive car in front
To country club we strode

Does the rest even matter
Those going extinct
Dragging us with them
All gone in a blink

I look up where once
Birds filled the sky
I say hello
They say goodbye

Rabid Poet

Buttermilk Skies

Poem ... Buttermilk Skies

I look at Buttermilk skies
Through tears in my eyes
Knowing an end is near
That few realize

Those lazy days
Backs on the ground
Chewing a wheat stalk
Harvest coming round

Church on Sunday
Praying for all's good
No need for doubting
Our Deity understood

But why these tears
No big surprise
We will be saved
Under Buttermilk Skies

Those words of hope
By the hopium horde
Fall on deaf ears
Silence of the Lord

Rabid Poet

Smitten

Poem ... Smitten

There was a Doomour
His name was Fred
Thoughts of extinction
Wandered through his head

He planted a garden
To help him survive
Those tough times acoming
He must keep alive

He then met Sue
Was completely smitten
Of her gardening skills
And cute as a kitten

Together they face
This extinction race
Nothing they can do
But to each other stay true

Rabid Poet

Fireflies

Poem ... Fireflies

The flash of golden light
It's meaning it knows
Hovering over clover leaf
And then moves on

Our life is a flash
Days to weeks, weeks to years
It seems so long
The laughter and the tears

When we look back
Where did it go
The plans we made
Our part in the show

The flash of golden light
Is starting to fade
It gave us life
And a path we made

We look at fireflies
Across the darkened field
Those golden flashes made
More lives to reveal

Rabid Poet

New Venture

Poem ... New Venture

Thoughts, like Spring flowers
Peeking through snow
Searching for meaning
For someone to know

Some new venture
Maybe a trip
Meet with a friend
A coffee to sip

All gold and red
Twirling in my head
I must do something
I must move ahead

The path that I choose
Peeking through the snow
I open to the light
New venture I go

Rabid Poet