Sarajevo Rose

I wrapped my soul in a concrete block,

Unbreakable by any song or prose,

My heart broken on the battlefield,

To become a Sarajevo Rose.

A painful landmark in my life, I

Still have my fingers and ten toes;

My heart now a bittersweet sidewalk,

Often stepped on, Sarajevo Rose…

The loss will not be forgotten.

Steady pain, like a river flows…

Eroding the earth it passes through,

Sprouting another Sarajevo rose.

When Hats Were Hula Hoops

In the My Space World. RIP

Unfurrowed

Life, a too fast written journal,

Love but a grand game of tag!

Time on this planet, my country;

My face is the wrinkled flag…

Planted to conquer this world,

Won from yet one more war…

The youth control the universe,

The old question its mysteries more.

No Baggage

She was on a jet to Malta

On the eve her mother died…

She Facebooked, “Message, not received”,

To her relatives, she lied.

She never spent a day at work,

Opting to follow every whim.

Her nights, spent at the discotheques,

Afternoons, sweating at Gold’s gym.

Invited to every one man show,

“Worship me”, she thought aloud…

Celebrating her life, alone,

While embracing the entire crowd.

She made new friends in every town,

They entertained her day and night…

We all carried her emotional baggage,

So she could travel the world light.

Life as Film

White is the blend of all colors,

Black, the absence of color and light…

Life is a series of photos,

Some in color, most black and white.

Death, betrayal, loss of hope,

Fade into the black of night…

Memories of a love or joy,

Show in vibrant shades of white.

July

A three hour nap engulfed me;

The sun had passed me by…

The purr of the furnace constant,

This whole winter thru July.

Many lodge a quiet complaint,

Starving, depressed, some  insane…

Christians look  towards the heavens,

Eyes blinking, burning from rain.

The farmer’s crops are failing;

No sun and the death of bees…

The ten percent with the money,

Get one minute to eat what they please.

Bummer Dudes…

The Continuum of Time

Life is but a second

In the Continuum of time…

The universe holds no record,

Of your short life, or mine.

Cameras capture a moment,

A memory pulled from the dark…

Before time loses the lovers kiss,

Or the man reading in the park.


GIF credits: Jamie Beck e Kevin Burg – Cinemagraphs