Poem ... New Ways
New ways of thinking
Leaving the old
Embracing the new
A new story told
Of a Planet we care
Our only place
We back away
From our endless chase
Live and let live
Words from the past
From those who new
These lifestyles can't last
So join the new
A caring few
Earth will thank us
And see us through
Rabid Poet
Poem ... Don't Tell Me
Don't tell me no
Or what place to go
Or who I should friend
Or what I should send
You go your way
Deciding what to say
Arranging you play
To play out your day
Don't tell me how
Or what field to plow
Or what things to plant
Self enjoying your rant
When you have done it
And the shoes fit
Then I will hear you
Your words will ring true
Rabid Poet
Poem ... Prognosticate
They warn of events to come
Eventuality a must to be
No serenity for them
Their prediction a must see
Leave me out
Of this game they play
This game for attention
Happenings that they say
The Future is unknown
And events unseen
Change happens quickly
Being caught inbetween
I prefer an unfolding
A freshness of view
Not of prediction
But trust in the new
Rabid Poet
Poem ... Loosen My Load
I walk this country road
As so many times in the past
Your face on my mind
Hoping we could last
You had places to go
And people to see
Your head in the clouds
Beyond ole country me
But as I walk I know for sure
The city ain't for me
I wish I could have followed
The two of us to be
But as I said before
I wish the best for you
Maybe in some future time
Being together we may pursue
But for now
I walk this country road
Looking at the clouds
Trying to loosen my load
Rabid Poet
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
