Not poetic, more pathetic
The state that we’re in today
Not pathetic, more poetic
If politely seeking words to say
Meaning of course
When seeking discourse
You listen twice as much as you speak
Seeking a source
Don’t look a gift horse
In the mouth if truth’s what you seek

tHartigan

In every sunbeam
We see the floating particles
The dust of the universe
Of us and every other thing
Floating in open space
To inhale, to settle by gravity,
To reform again and again
Into the next karmic entity
For infinity

tHartigan

Have you checked
Your messages yet
For the memo
You said you didn’t get
It’s right there
Please read through
It’s simple
Tells us how to do
Humanity
With compassion, yes
Kindness, hope,
And empathy is best
We also can
Go high above
Using only
Abiding love

tHartigan

each new soul
brought into this world
is a rebirth of humanity
then we dig a hole
bury the unfurled
teach them only insanity
a chance is missed
for souls to resist
our inhumane depravity
the weighted load
they’ve had to tow
heavier than gravity

tHartigan

Memo:
Empathetic
Mankind
Only.

tHartigan

Rebirth:
Every
Being
Is
Restored
Through
Humanity.

tHartigan

With a pen & pad
I write to my dad
Gone many years
Still, I’ve many tears
What would I say
Miss you to this day
All that you’ve missed
My wife & kids not kissed
Or hugged in your loving arms
You protecting them from harms
I have missed things too
Not being with you

tHartigan

I may encounter dead bodies,
a personal understatement of the year.
Am I defender of my country or slaughterer of those held dear? Everywhere lie the dead,
victims of evil others,
Who will share the dread
with all of their mothers?

This is the magical, mythical beast?
Appears a dragon in the least.
Fierce claws and breath of fire?
Just because you draw my ire,
No reason to not rewrite your tale.
Enhance it beyond the pale.
Make it both believable and bold,
Better than dragons of old.

tHartigan

Serendipity:
Expected
Reality?
Except
Not
Definitive.
Instead
Potentialities
Inspire
Thoughtful
Yearning.

tHartigan