Message

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

Entry

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

Dad, I Wish We Had More Time

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

Soldier’s Regret

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?

Dragon Tale Rewrite

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

Timeless Haiku

It was like clockwork
The way they got together
Just in time for love

Yet a love that lasts
Far across the bounds of time
Is therefore timeless

The inner workings
Intricately created
To tell their story

tHartigan