What would it be like

to have a president who

truly cared and learned to share?

~

Unprecedented

might be an overstatement,

but is that not the new norm?

One person can make

a big difference and still not

be aware of it.

~

Just being present

to offer a calming hand

brings about a change of state.

In a cloud covered

sky, a small bit of blue peeks

through bringing delight.

~

Rents in shrouding veils

often reveal slight glimmers

of huge truths hidden beneath.

Busy poets need

a rest sometime, but will soon

return with words that might rhyme.

Lost in the maze of

busy days, poetry gets

trapped and can’t speak out.

~

Pleasing morning breeze

ripples through sun-lit trees, helps

us start the day with delight.

~

Even when the day’s

demands begin before dawn,

the weather oft makes the day.

Cat leaves small presents.

I sadly decline. Perhaps

you’d like to opine.

~

All those moles and voles,

though not appreciated,

will eat no more Iris bulbs.

Cold indifference,

hot hate, or warm love? Always

check your temperature.

~

Core temperatures

runs hotter than the surface

in this chaotic climate.

Reacting from fear

often leads us to defend

actions indefensible.

~

As FDR said,

“The only thing we have to

fear is fear itself.”

As the years go by,

more and more lives are lost, but

many resist gun reform.

~

As the years went by

more and more lives were lost, but

many resisted seat belts.

Without supporting

facts, the answers we receive

are based on their needs, not ours.

~

What you’re describing-

the very definition

of crass demagoguery.

Talking to myself

I learn nothing new. That’s why,

fellow poet, I miss you.

~

Sometimes life allows

no time for introspection;

so we grind, ever onward.

Searching the White House

for common decency and

common sense, but it’s not there.

~

I beg to differ!

Decency and common sense

live… in The Secret Service.

Mimicking Lenin,

another tyrant defends

stripping freedom from the press.

~

Autocrats always

prefer suppression over

open dialogue.

How can patient care

be a very distant third

behind prestige and profit?

~

Ask those at the top.

This must be in line with their

authentic values.

New realities,

open possibilities –

will we open mind’s closed door?

~

I say mind’s closed doors

conceal possibilities

long dormant, for good or ill.