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that over millenia
major religions have advocated peace
their adherents have been slaughtering each other    
     supposedly in the name of their assorted gods
more than any other known species

why is it
that in my maturity
(which people usually call old age ...)
I‘m getting so *******
with politicians who seem not to see
the obvious solution to a problem
but find elaborate fake excuses
just so they can get re-elected

why is it
that for Europe it‘s so difficult
to find a way for refugees to be accepted
with respect and  dignity

why is it
that the USA apparently forgets it‘s been the country
living off its (il)legal immigrants for centuries
and now simply ignores the words
they put onto their Statue of Liberty

why is it?!??
Sovit Pokhrel Apr 2018
I FOUND NOTHING
I AM HAPPY !
I HAVE NOTHING
I AM AT PEACE !
I FOUND NOTHING
I AM RICH !
I HAVE NOTHING
I AM BLESSED !

I FOUND SOMETHING.
I HAVE SOMETHING.
THE ULTIMATE TRUTH.
ANSWERS TO MY QUESTIONS.
SOLUTIONS TO MY PROBLEMS.

I HAVE EVERYTHING !
I HAVE NOTHING !
The secret to happiness lies in nothing.
Thepillar Dec 2017
I tripped.
And hurt myself.
Wondering how someone can do that to me.
But I got up and dusted myself off.
Upon falling again I repeat this process.
Coming to the realization that.
I'm the cause and solution to all my problems.
Seema Nov 2017
This life seems like an illusion
There are more problems
Then solution
The dreams that we get
Comes mostly after the sunset
Yet none comes true, I bet
Laying awake at nights
In my head woven is so tight
Many unanswered questions that flash like lights
My heart is such a kind
That it won't listen to my mind
We are a rare piece, not easy to find
Each day becomes shorter than the other
Each night seems longer than another
Each year runs on faster
Mind settles on seeing reality
Every relationship lacks that quality
Not everyone possesses the right ability
Unaware of others situation
We tend to rule out our own conclusion
That's when we fall in the web of illusion
So focus on yourself and the people you love
Rather than a judge or a critic sitting above
Come down and spread the peace like a dove...

©sim
SQUID Aug 2017
Let breath slow dissolve
A tablet of ink
Colourful dreams
Deep -- flow skywards.
silvervi Feb 2017
Something very deep inside
Something I have tried to hide
Somewhere farther than my mind

Something I don't understand
Something deep inside my head
Somewhere I can't really get

Something that I just have found
Something big something unproud
Somewhere no one ever got

Something huge
Something new
Something scary

Something I will work out soon
Somewhere only me and moon
Thinking deeply, using time
Feeling like myself and I

Shall the weirdness stop that day
It ain't meant to stay forever
I will deal with it, find the reason why
This new challenge shall begin!
And the light is there to guide
Through the darkness of my mind
Through confusion, through the night.
Daniel Tucker Jan 2017
"The worst things:
To lie in bed and sleep not.
To want for one who comes not.
To try to please and please not."
                 -- Egyptian Proverb

It fades in and   fades             out
The     meandering    song of despair.
     Fading what  once     caused
The frequencies to harmonize.
Random patterns   desperately
     Random.

Her  moods   weave    in           counter
To my intense     focus in   the refrain.
        Our symbiotic   gazing across the room
At the  rhythmic  blue   light  Illuminating
Denials elusive      fingertip touch
Fading into yet another    impossible dream.

The notes are still     laid out on
The well-weathered pages.
The movements    still moving    gracefully
On a near anti-climactic      stage.

All that is   needed   are the instruments
And patrons of means to employ
A symphony    suffering long
On a soulless      listless     frequency  band
Made only to vibrate complete
But is now   caught    in   this      jumbled loop
In a now    out-        of-        sync  universe.
© 2017 Daniel Tucker

Sounds disparaging, but there is a ray of hope...you just have dig for it a bit.
Alan S Bailey Jan 2017
"Trump not a legitimate president..."
This is how we help presidency "grow,"
"Reasonable" for trying to build a silly wall
Between the US and Mexico,
"Realistic" for even trying to appear
To have a solution to anyone's problem,
While he does "catch up work" in politics.
"Responsible" even his supporters telling people
His radical concepts are better, not just the extreme
Form of right to the Democratic, Liberal opposite.**

Someone please save us from this extreme right winger!
Oh yea, that's "great!"
It's already too late...
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