“Oh cruel Universe!”
the lonely heavens cry,
“To have human souls to live,
and to love until we die!
To know the joy of human hope,
to know the sorrow of goodbye!”
But alas, they keep their watch
In their never ending sky....
If you feel yourself fading
slowly away
to a troubled ghostly shadow
I will kiss your cheek
perhaps the red in your
blush
will color you back
into my arms...
I tried to silence Hate
By loving everything I met
And if there was no love at first
I had not seen its beauty yet
For a time, life was a dream
As I adapted to the change
But Hate caught back up after all
There is never an escape
With clarity of mind I saw
The way the world should be
That ...
For reasons I cannot fathom,
Almost every human I meet
Seems determined
To make themselves unhappy
Even though almost everything I see
In the ancient, endless Earth
Is a testament
To happiness
And I suppose that is why
I cannot stand people
For I am a human
And if I forget,
I am that way...
A thousand golden drops
Scattered loosely in the sky
Pinpoint pricks, connected dots
Create a picture for the eye
The mind reveals the tale
In form the spirit most desires
Human consciousness prevails
In bursts of passion, swift like fires
Echoed songs of lonely souls
In the caverns, in the...
Useless thoughts and
Empty hearts
Take the thrill out of the guess
Follow crooks through cobbled paths
Until their cardiac arrest
When public servants raise their hands
They cry: “Oh God, it’s such a shame”
But look, the glimmer in their eyes
We do not fall for such charades
Wash the...
You are lucky.
You were born on this planet – which is inhabited by millions of species – not as a bacterium, an insect, a fish or bird or elephant, but as a human. You have a highly developed brain with the ability to reason, solve problems, use tools, think on a higher level, and analyze yo...
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