Mother Nature

(Poem by Serenus)



Mother, Oh Mother

You’re such a woman scorn

Your children mistreated you

And now we’re caught in your storm



Your womb, birthed the earth

And from the earth, we were born

We use to be so close

But now we’re just a family torn



Smoke stole your sweet scent

We scorched your beautiful hair

Your skin sealed in cement

Suffering from thirst, but we didn’t care



We force fed you poison

We put a price on your head

Taking your gifts for granted

And we left you for dead



But Mother, Oh Mother

You have come back

With a vengeance!

Your temper is heated

With no signs of forgiveness



Your touch use to be gentle

Tough-love, but modest

But your backlash has been brutal

The judgment of a goddess



Hurricanes, acid rains,

Monsoons, tsunamis

Droughts, water spouts

And quakes that sneak up calmly



Blizzards, floods, tornadoes, and wildfires

And we never cried for you Mommy

Now our situation is absolutely dire

We are begging for a day that’s balmy


To protect yourself from your people

You are fighting back

And all we can do is stop our evil

Reflect-and stand back



But Mother, Oh mother

Can we be saved?

Or have you sealed our fate

For the way we behaved?





…Before she can be her children’s savor

Rescue us, from our own bad behavior


She must save herself "first

So don’t blame her

She’s a mother

Protective power

Is in her nature



She said she’ll get back to us later

…First she has to communicate

With “The Father”…Her creator

The Forgotten Poem

(Poem by Serenus)



The forgotten poem

That I dreamed of

All last night…

Those beautifully brilliant

Unwritten words

That I’ll be chasing after

For the rest of my life…

***** Back Up!

(Poem by Serenus)



***** back up off of me

Give me room to breathe

You are invading my personal space

I don’t even have room to sneeze



Literally!

Right now if I sneezed

The snot would bounce off of you

And plop on to me

Mixing your germs and my germs

It would create a new disease



Annoyingitis would be its name

And I’d be its only victim  

Being annoyed to death

Would be its only symptom



Stop asking ******* questions

I don’t care- do you understand?

Please stop clinging on to me

There is no chance

Of me being your man!



I’m not sure if you like me-

Or is being and attention *****

A part of your personality?

But either way-

I don’t find it appealing

-Excuse the brutality



I don’t mean to be a ****

And I don’t mean to be mean

But ***** back up

And let me breathe!

Father Time
(Poem by Serenus)

Father, Oh Father
When will it stop?
You standing beside me
Tapping your watch

The key to life is lost
Leaving my mind locked
My time is almost up
So I’m avoiding the clock

Precious little time
So many things to do
Failure after failure
I wish I could start anew

Counting what I’ve accomplished
Productively throughout  the years
Calendar pages empty
Filled with all my fears

Scared of leaving my comfort-zone
…And trying something new
I’m not going to last
-Stuck in the past
And all that I’ve been through

Excuse after excuse
That’s what time really hates
Those hesitant to life
And are prone to procrastinate

Father, Oh Father
You got me on the run
Restlessness is your brother
And Impatience is your son

Who am I… really?
That’s who I need to find
So all I’m asking for
Is just a little time

A few extra moments
And I promise- I’ll be done
But begging is useless
Because Time waits for no one…

Technophobia/2030

(Poem by Serenus)



We invited them into our lives

To the point - we were made dependent

They were built to advance the human race

But they’re the reason why we’re almost finished



From TV’s, laptops      

And handheld devices

To robo cops-

And automatic flying cars  

With no need for a license



Traffic cams,

Webcams,

And camera phones

Capturing every private moment

They were always watching,

We were never alone



For every phone conversation

We thought was private

There was something listening

In the distance- with a sinister silence



For fear of terrorism  

We gave them permission

To monitor us daily

Because of lies told by politicians



Social networks-

Self-inflicted hurt

Spewing out our personal info

Spilling out our own dirt



We surrendered our lives

With every word we typed

GPS under the skin-

We couldn’t escape if we tried

-So there was nowhere to hide



They computed our movements

And studied our weaknesses

For decades they remained dormant

These cold, artificial geniuses



Rushing black oil

That pumps through

Their steel hearts



The motherboard

A mastermind

A matrix of mathematical art



They robbed us of our jobs

And provided cheap labor

We got comfortable with their convenience

Until we were betrayed

By our man-made savors



When we finally caught on to the plans

Created in the metallic hands

Of these diabolical robots



It was too late

To salvage our fate

And put a stop to their evil plot



I will never forget the day

That every screen

On earth went blank



All the power went away

There was hysteria in the streets

And chaos at the banks



The machines didn’t have to do much

But play possum and act like they had died

They knew that we would destroy ourselves

And eat each other alive



Then when the coast was clear

That’s when they self-resurrected

They finished most of the humans off

And enslaved a few selected



We are alive

Only to keep them gassed up

Power is their drug


A few of us

Are planning a revolt

To finally pull their plug…

The Heartbreak Hotel

(Poem by Serenus)


…Where you check-in

Whole-Hearted

But you don’t check-out

In the condition you started



It’s simply heaven

When you walk through the lobby doors

But hell becomes apparent

When reaching the highest floors



Where a bride and groom

Enters a beautifully decorated room

Flooded in misery

Dripping in gloom



They floated in on a cloud

But the rain came

And they separated

So not to drown



Empty King-Sized bed

With tear- stained pillows

Blind to the outside world

No light, no widows



Countless visitors come

But their story is the same

Hopelessly in love, then…

Earth shattering pain



You are guaranteed

Not to enjoy your stay

Because the love of your life

Will surely go away



Where a deliciously decadent

Love goes stale

Dreams go to die

And faith goes to fail



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My Skin

(Poem by Serenus)



My skin

The most brilliant bronze

Blessed by the sun

From the earliest dawns



Passed down to me

By the first Woman and Man

Birthed from the Earth

The clay of the land



Molded by God's hands

Made in God's image

In-which

The worth of such riches

Can never be diminished



My skin is thick

A force of protection

I will never be tricked

By the world’s deception


A chocolate-caramel dessert

Smooth and sensual

Strong from past hurt

A beautifully bold individual



A flawless complexion

No need for correction

No matter how the world views me

With it’s slanted perception



I love my skin

Without exceptions

Because when I look in the mirror

I see God’s reflection