Emerging

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

Sweet Vanity

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

Changed Expectation

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

Mind Wander

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

The How

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

Mind Control

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

New Year

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

Country Road

Poem ... Country Road

Take me home
To that past
To that time
When friendships last

On that dirt road
Fields of white
Cotton to be picked
Banjos into the night

I miss those days
Please take me there
Old country road
To those I care

Expressways to nowhere
I shall not go
All those new things
Just for show

Those rolling hills
Those foggy days
Singing those songs
Of our caring ways

So on I go
To where I knew
This old country road
Back to the true

Rabid Poet

Our Dreams

Our Dreams

We say stop, stop, stop ,stop
They say no, no, no, no
Got money to make
Got places to go
Cough, cough, cough, cough
Dim light shows through
Vague building outlines
Our dreams we pursue

Rabid Poet

Delusion

Poem .... Delusion

Sweet Delusion
You make my life possible
You give me visions
Of what can be
You take those dire predictions
And scatter them like dust in the wind
You fill me with joy
And wash dread down the drain
Some call you spin
Some call you pretend
I call you friend

Rabid. poet

Winding Down

Poem ... Winding Down

More is more
By any other name
The chase we're on
This achievement game

But do we need
Those shiny things
Those got-to-haves
That achievement brings

Maybe slowing down
A thing to do
Collect less stuff
When day is through

But winding down
Reeks of old
Rocking chairs
Past stories told

It may appeal
To just a few
Cutting back
Don't buy the new

And does it matter
Any way
That total quiet
That ends our stay

Earth's rotation stops
No sunlight new
Stars disappear
Our time is through

Rabid Poet

The Unfolding

Here we are
On Christmas Eve
We have a mission
That we must believe

Other places
We could be
Other distractions
We could see

What is important
Our day to day
We are together
On Christmas day

Also together
The rest of the year
To make our lives better
To live without fear

Your obligations
Are exceedingly long
But won't last forever
With attitude strong

We won't try to fix it
This part of a dream
We live for each day
In a changing stream

Incognito

Poem ... Incognito

We pull the strings
Behind the scenes
Those attachments
That money brings

Elected they are
Appointed hangers on
Doing our bidding
Loving their throne

We can't be known
The money we dispense
Our faces hidden
Behind corporate fence

Supreme Court
Rends it's OK
For us to stay hidden
Directing this play

So all you commoners
Who think you are bright
We remain incognito
Well out of sight

If you desire
To know who we are
Follow the money trail
It goes very far

Rabid Poet

Circles

Poem ... Circles

Round and round we go
Giving chase to our foe
Gas to our engine flow
Crowds cheering for our show

From far away they drive
To sit there in the stands
Cooler by their side
Chicken legs in their hands

Liquid from some ancient time
Some ancient fern forest floor
Keeps us going round
Pedal to the the floor

What is our mission
What is our plot
Our chase in circles
Win or win not

And in the end
When chase is done
We accomplish nothing
What have we won

We left behind
Sky a little more gray
And then on Sunday
Let us win we pray

So we continue
Our need to win
Our life in circles
Extinction not a sin

Rabid Poet

We Mutate

Poem ... We Mutate

We push on
Through the years
With our laughter
And our tears

Toward a time
When we lost control
In our consumption
Our soul we sold

Into a time
When polutions reign
And the living adjusts
Among many insane

But up ahead
A different life
Mutations collect
Among the strife

New life forms
Take their turns
Among the wreckage
The humanity burns

But what of us
Mutation brings?
We become the Adapters
Pulling new strings

Rabid Poet

Consume For Today

Poem ... Consume For Today

We move forward
Like a witch on a broom
Chanting our fixes
As we approach our doom

Bubble, bubble
Stir the mixes
Of growth and greed
And our pretend fixes

Consume on
We sing our song
More things to buy
More places to belong

We stir the pot
The skies turn gray
We chant our denials
And turn away

But saying our chants
Things to be OK
Don't worry about tomorrow
Consume for today

Rabid Poet

The Barrier

Poem ... The Barrier

Understanding male dominance
So hard as I try
Nor female timidity
As time rushes by

Excuses are many
And denial the norm
Where are we going
With this gathering storm

This wall we created
So long and so tall
Can't reach understanding
Without a precipitous fall

We created abstractions
Of corporate belief
Scripted by leaders
With goals of a thief

I poke a hole
In that barrier create
It closes quickly
And so does our fate

So I have accepted
That barrier wall
Growth and consumption
The fate of us all

Rabid Poet

What Gods

Poem ... What Gods

There is the Sun
There is the Moon
Doing godly things
To make us swoon

There is the ocean
The deep blue sky
More godly things
Some question why

But wait
There is only one
Forget the Moon
Forget the Sun

Who decided that?
Can be only one!
Written in a book
Challenged by none

The Sun shines on
The Moon hangs in the sky
They shall forever be worshipped
As eons pass by

Rabid Poet

The Role

Poem ... The Role

We play this role
Of who to be
Of suits to wear

Of who to see

The Earth turns on
Complexities untold
Our numbers keep growing

Things to be sold

We can adapt
To changes we make
Block those Sun rays
Global Warming is fake

We have lives to live
New industries to be
More houses to build
So we can be free

Forget those college loans
Forget QE Two
Get more credit cards
They will see us through

The trees die out
So the waters rise
Nothing we can do
No big surprise

We will wear those suits
And do what we are told
So life can be good
As we gather our gold

Rabid Poet

Into the Light

Into the Light

With all my might
I seek the light
Beyond this darkness
Called human delight

I hear the cries
Of different eyes
Of furry ones
Saying goodbyes

Of endless lines
Of thing called car
Going nowhere
On endless tar

If I can see
A bit of light
Toward it will I go
To escape this night

Like a moth awaiting
That bit of light
That holds promises
Of meaningful flight

If that door is opened
And light streams in
This time is ending
And a new to begin

Rabid Poet