It can be hard to

admit your mistakes, accept

defeat and move on from there.

~

It’s not difficult!

All you need do is suspend

grandiosity and ego.

Gutters and downspouts

and clutter and broken tools,

and still I found time to write.

~

If we make time for

what we love, we’ll do all else

with a lighter touch.

Over and over

we have to be reminded

when it’s dark turn on the light.

~

Even with lights on,

darkness, sometimes, will not fade.

Then we sing to lift spirits.

When shadowy beasts

feel emboldened to emerge

in broad daylight, they’re rabid.

~

Once we can see them

in all their madness, we can

act whether they’re ours or theirs.

What can each of us

do to form and sustain a

more perfect union?

~

 Let us be honest

to ourselves and each other

and cherish our differences!

Frost covers the earth.

In testament of chaos,

Vinca choose to bloom.

~

A reminder of

global warming or symbol

of hope in these chilly times?

Briefly he rested

before off he went again –

dog park dynamo.

~

A fleeting recharge

is sometimes all someone needs

to keep running ’til nightfall

At long last, respite

from that omnipresent din

chirping misinformation!

~

By din do you mean

the soon to be absent one,

Donald Omnistupid Trump?

They pledged allegiance,

not to their country, but to

a power-loving mad man.

~

One who wipes himself

with the constitution he

swore to protect and defend.

This revolution

against rationality

is heartbreaking to behold.

~

The last refuge of

humiliated tyrants –

incite violence.