Fetch Rocinante,

would you, Sancho, my good man?

This windmill needs much tilting!

~

Perhaps if it were

tilted, it wouldn’t go round

in circles and things might change.

Ever hopeful, we

wait and watch. Will folks turn out,

vote sanity in?

~

If we must rely

upon the electorate

we may be disappointed.

That rekindled blaze

in her, once sallowed, spirit

speaks to quality of life.

~

Seeing the return

of vibrancy enlivens

 all who grieved its loss.

Single sentinel

Stiffly stands at attention

Guarding garden greenery

~

Weathered and worn, as

are so many that stand guard,

hoping to protect what’s green

If you knew you could

teach the world to sing, with what

song would you begin?

~

I would teach a song

with a part for everyone

free of integral discord.

Exoneration,

more than a year in coming,

provides some satisfaction.

~

Frivolous lawsuits 

can be the bane of public

servants trying to do their job.

Let us ask ourselves

what we can do to lighten

someone’s load today.

~

Burdens must be borne.

But, perhaps, with compassion,

they may seem less burdensome.

Since fear motivates,

those unscrupulous actors

motivate us to their ends.

~

Not if we follow

those who call us to act from

 the best within us.

Whether we attend 

mosque, synagogue, temple, or

church, we should be free from harm.

~

Just as free as those

who have sought and found freedom

from secular tyranny.