MY ENLIGHTENMENT

"One has to accept pain as a condition of existence. One has to court doubt and darkness as the cost of knowing. One needs a will stubborn in conflict, but apt always to the total acceptance of every consequence of living and dying." Morris West

My Enlightenment

Had my life been an elevator

Quietly moving on upward

Should I have thought sooner or later

My world would be restructured?

Who delegates the pain?

Who makes your heart ache?

What determines who's insane?

And how much a man can take?

Off and on I have been led into darkness

I don't think I went there on my own

But I ended up there regardless

It won't be written on my stone

Who puts us in places we can't perceive?

I really don't think I had willingly gone

I guess it is time that I believe

I should have known right from wrong

What the Heck?

"Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune." William James

What the Heck?

I had my best laid plans in mind

There right in front in my thoughts

I had put lessons I learned behind

And was ready to use what I was taught

Then there it was, standing in my way

A thing called life in the middle of my road

It just happens, they always say

I guess it's all about going rogue

BATTLING THE BEASTS

Battling the Beasts

With the sun comes shadows

Even on the best of days sinister things will lurk

Your pristine neighborhood becomes a ghetto

Evil prone to pounce when we're not alert

Life of puffy clouds and angels singing

Are on the top of everyone's lists

But we live among those with doomsday bells a-ringing

Who emerge from hell in foggy mists

Only goodness can overcome an evil plight

Our swords are sharp as are our minds

Dedicated people rise to chase terror back into the night

And rescue those who choose to remain blind

The. Cleansing Storms

The Cleansing Storms

In serenity I languish with the life I had in mind

In chains I hold myself when tension grips my soul

In turmoil from my anger when I am so inclined

Too often with bitterness I won't let go, I can't let go

So badly I long for escape from my fears

Wanting freedom from such emotions that confine me

Then comes the lightning and the thunder amid raining tears

Bless the storms that break the chains that bind me

As We Awaken

"It is easy to understand why the law is used by the legislator to destroy in varying degrees among the rest of the people their personal independence by slavery, their liberty by oppression, and their property by plunder. This is done for the benefit of the person who makes the law, AND IN PROPORTION TO THE POWER THAT HE HOLDS." FREDERICK Bastiat

As We Awaken

We handed them more and more power

Fueled by our apathy

We have disappointed our founders

With misuse of their legacy

We have voted in ignorance

For liars and thieves

We have shown our indifference

To the regulations they weave

Now on the brink of freedom lost

Our blinders have become askew

We are getting a glimpse of what a nanny state costs

And are realizing our attention is long overdue

I LOVE YOU

I love you

Let me share my hope, my vigor, my lust for life

Let me kiss away your tears and ease your strife

I will listen intently and dry your tears

Hold you close and ease your fears

I love you

Let me hold you up when your legs give out

I will open windows to opportunity when you have doubt

Just return my love with hugs and smiles

And we will endure together for endless miles

Power

"Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also antimated with the love of TRUTH and VIRTUE, no matter he be a prince, or one of the people." Jean de la Fontaine 1709-1784 French Poet, literature master

Power

The young man saw the power

He was a rising star

He would have his finest hour

Amid his minion czars

He soaked up the adoration

Took advantage of the perks

With his close collaboration

He stirred up all the dirt

He has taken his leadership to the point

Of a dictator in his role

And with the crooked people he appoints

They conspire to take control

Apathetic people refuse to see

Their country is in trouble

And if this trend continues to be

Our free society will truely crumble