Why
What for
How many times
No more
Why not
Who said
Was it you
Have you read
Questions posed
Some answers too
As expected
Not pandered to
These young people
Are pushing through
Asking for change
From me and you
So how can we
Do what is sensible
To prevent
What’s reprehensible
I think, I thought,
And then i don’t.
I wish I would
But, no, I won’t.
I will, I can
For I’m human.
And when I do
Will she, will you?
Do not guess
Do not rest
Do do all that is your best
People
Ordinarily
Expect
Tomorrow
Rejecting
Yesterday
Pretty
Obvious
Expressive
Memories
Preparing
Only
Exceptional
Motivation
Postulating
Ordinary
Epiphanies
Mellifluously
Why cry
Why do they have to die
Why do I still not have a dry eye
Why do we have to keep asking why
Why lie
Why not ask what you or I can try
Why not ally
Why not seek answers from the sky
Why do so many have to say too late goodbyes
Why
Let’s try
Be the ally
No more to die
Tears of sadness
Tears of joy
Tears for the madness
Tears for being
Destroyed
Tears can signal the best there’s been
Tears can tear apart the love we’ve seen
The tears at the fabric of our society
Bring tears of expanding anxiety
Greatness lies hidden
At times in people forbidden
But this trait will typically shine through
A radiance that shows the you
You were meant to radiate
To share your sense of great-
fullness
Which offers full redress
For the missed magnificence
It is what all makes sense
I rub the sleep from my eyes
finding focus
I see now,
clearly,
what I’ve been looking for,
dreaming about,
It
is
you
I
am
better for you
Together
we make
a love,
a life,
a family
Two become
one,
who become
infinite possibilities
Do
what you can
Do
n’t just sit there doing nothing
Do
make eye contact
Do
n’t avoid those you pass each day
Do
reach out
Do
n’t pull away, say hi
Do
you remember porches?
Do
n’t forget waves & smiles & what they
Do
for us
Do
good things each day
Do
n’t stop loving each other
In response to this week’s Micropoetry (@pssms) prompt #WATCHING.
What are we #watching for?
Shouldn’t we do something?
There’s nothing to do.
Look at those behaviors abhorred
The politicians say one thing
Thoughts and prayers, yet still slaughtered youth,
And others. What’s next in store?
We keep saying, saying
Guns don’t kill, people do.
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