Yet

Yet

It will come
Soon we hope
Things we desire
To help us cope

How far away
Or how much time to take
For us to arrive
For our goal to bake

We will be able to see
On this we can bet
It will be great
We ain't seen nuthin yet

Rabid Poet

Singing Reality

Singing Reality

When what we know
Is no longer our show
We grasp for memories
To fill in The When
But it continues rushing to The Then

We remain in the pretend
And give it a name The Trend
We search for a must To Be
A future we can see

Is it A Song
As we meander along
Close to a To Be
As we sing reality

Rabid Poet

Testing

Testing

Put It Off

Put It Off

I need to do it
To get me through it
I hear their pleas
Down on their knees
But my inner self says screw it

I'll do it right away
Before the end of day
No putting it off
Was that a cough?
Maybe I will just play

My reputation is at stake
Their trust I can't break
It is something I must do
Before the day is through
Oh well, so I'm a Fake

Rabid Poet

Where We Are Headed

Where we are Headed

Where we are headed
No one seems to know
The Planet hold it's secrets
Planning for it's own show

We keep on consuming
Like termites in a tree
We see no limits
The fall we can't see

When the tree falls
Still much to consume
Soon it will be gone
And we will face our doom

Rabid Poet

Placebo

Placebo

Which way to go
A way that I know
Or maybe what
Is tied in a knot
Preparing my new show

If I take this pill
I avoid any new ill
So they say
Go your merry way
You won't stay still

It's not what you pray
It's more what they say
Should I take this pill
With a good life to fill
And be part of their play

Rabid Poet

Next Treat

Next Treat

In the yards
Grass not mowed
In the streets
Cars not towed

In the mailboxes
Mail overflow
Where is everyone?
Is that scream of a crow?

We should have known
This can't go on
Constantly on the go
Constantly on the phone

The Silence is weird
Power lines in the street
Rats scurrying everywhere
Looking for their next treat

Rabid Poet

Reality Speaks

Reality Speaks

We rush to the Future
Like we know what's there
More of this, better that
We really care

It's in our smartphones
Answers that we seek
To give a view
To give us a peek

But reality speaks
In language unknown
Very little we know
So get off the phone

The years will pass
So will people we know
And the answers we seek
Are in an unknown show

Rabid Poet

Insanity

Insanity

Are we insane
Or is this just a game
Winners, losers
Those with fame

Are we machines
Human pretending to be
Or are we humans
Not understanding free

Perhaps insanity
Is just another word
For slowly disappearing
In our society herd

Lies defined as Truth
So we get our way
Now defined as Sanity
Another games to play

Rabid Poet

Ominous Freeze

These streets
We walk alone
Seeking a way
For us to atone

For those vulnerable
We chose to ignore
Those without voices
Those not human as before

When daylight arrives
And we look around
Will we be alone
With only human sound

No tweets from the trees
No howls in the breeze
Again walking the darkened streets
Into an ominous freeze

Rabid Poet

Happy Virus

Happy Virus

It's dancing in the air
Doing It's Fred Astaire
Moving from group to group
It doesn't care

Frat Party here
Church gathering there
Growing larger in numbers
Creating it's own Fair

It found It''s way
It has it's day
As people regroup
Back to their old way

So on It grows
In It's Merry Way
Dancing in the air
Growing day to day

Rabid Poet

The Show

The Show

When will it come?
The End as we know
As promised by Saints
As part of the Big Show

But what is coming?
Is it part of the End
Which could be the Beginning
Of Time that we bend

Oh well, so confusing
Where did we start?
Monkey wanting long eyelashes
As cavemen pulled a cart

It really doesn't matter
Things that we know
In the End
It's part of the Show

Rabid Poet

The Meetings

The Meetings

I met with the Tree
It said with a sadness
On your human journey
Please let us be

I met with a Polar Bear
It said with a sadness
We must have Icebergs
Don't you even care

I met with a Butterfly
It said with a sadness
We must have flowers
To reach from the Sky

I met with a Lion
It said with a sadness
Hold off your hunters
Or we will not move on

Realizing I'm not the only one
The meetings were ended
Sadness is expanding
Life disappearing under our Sun

Rabid Poet

Hugs

Hugs

Eskimo pies
Are good for your eyes
But Polar Bear hugs
Are probably lies

Making your own truth
Will get you proof
What the bear did on the snow
Is now your big show

Rabid Poet

Persisting

Persisting

Time and Space
Are abstractions
We made up
From coffee in our cup

To go from Here to There
Becomes an unseen stair
And time between
Simply goes unseen

There has never been a past
Only the Now rushing past
Matter changing form
Clouds forming a storm

Thoughts and memories form
And rush into the storm
We call daily existing
And some call persisting

Rabid poet

Time and Space

Time and Space

We are in a race
To understand Time and Space
Are we Here are There?
Our do we really care

To get to There from Here
We will need a Spare
One infinitely large
With an Alien in charge

Light years over there
To lifeforms that care
Would be a treasure
To bring us pleasure

But in this dream
There lies a scheme
On how we could go
On a trip infinitely slow

Simply turn ourselves around
We are back here we found
From a trip on infinity way
A trip easy to play

Rabid Poem

"We Should"

"We Should"

As a species
We went so far
On the backs of other species
On roads made of tar

To see us ending
No planet to have us
Our claims of progress
Leaving on the Finality bus

We see ourselves as great
Turning things to our good
When as the End approaches
Progress is turned to "we should"

Rabid Poet

Awareness

Awareness

On we go
As if we know
Are we as one?
In this ongoing Show

Are we unique
Reaching our peak
Or a collective blend
Thinking individuality we seek

What of the Past?
They didn't last
And those yet to come
Their expressions yet to cast

Do we really care?
Is Life just a tear?
A ripple in Time?
A new suit to wear?

Rabid Poet

Give Thanks

Give Thanks

I thank my Tongue for:

Dodging my teeth while chewing,
Helping to articulate my words
and....,...of course, Taste, mmmm, chocolate,
Oh, and swallowing nerds

And picking bits of food from around my gums
while  manipulating saliva,
And probably more
including Tums

Rabid Poet

Immortality

Immortality

We all must go
From this human show
Hard as we all try
To dodge the by and by

We look to Immortality
Exempt from reality
How could we see
That we cease to be

We need to accept
Our vision as inept
And go our merry way
To a world of day to day

Special as we seem to be
In the Evolution Tree
In the chain of life we play
A passing on to another day

Rabid Poet