10.31.19

Woken by a nightmare about homes with holes in the walls
Not making ends meet then you’re up at three AM
The day before you get paid while your bank balance
Sits in the negative because you can’t afford either
Tires, gas, or new glasses after three years now
And you don’t know how you’ll pay the power bill once 
Summer hits without robbing a bank or lottery wins

10.30.19

We are not those heroes we wanted to be
Not burning broken bridges of mediocrity
Not defending weak from greed and cruelty
Phone-voyeurs who sit idly while forests die
Treating war as someone else’s problem while
Our world, our souls, die slow and silently

10.29.19

We’ve all lost lovers along the way
He said when asked about marrying
A former self-proclaimed whore who
Called her body community property
Once but now promised more to him
Some of us lose, greater than others
Some give ourselves over to despair
For those that find self-worth again
A soul forged by fire is stronger, then