My eyes turn
To the ominous sky
As a plane drops
Out of sight
Wind whips tendrils
Against my face
Swirling thoughts
Fallen from grace
Birds flocking north
On erratic flights
Clouds of smoke
Rain, ashes white
Red is the sun
Blazing a trail of heat
Stamping out life
We desperately need
The earth opened up before me
Yet it didnāt swallow me whole
It took everything I tried to hold
A landslide of out of my control
Carving its path of destruction
As I watched on from the front row
When the clock strikes twelve
Weāll kiss another farewell
Promise to do well
Giving optimism a chance
Before emptying the glass
Do you use Touch ID
Fail to look at the people
In volatile city streets
Who have the courtesy
To greet another human being
When was the last time
You asked yourself
Or somebody else for that matter
A mad-hatter fact of anticipation
For the automatic response
Cause you could care not
Do you use the right knife
When you try to slice and dice
Into anotherās life
Or do you use their truth
Against them like itās a win
By handing them the noose inĀ this make-believe
Letās pretend that won’t ever give
Let alone – end
Fundamentally
We know it to be all true
Yet we do nothing
Save inconveniences
Up like a living trust fund
Collecting your change
Life in denial
Banking thereās a tomorrow
Cashing out sorrow
I do wish I cared
More about our world affairs
Letās play truth or dare
Truth of the matter
I care enough that itās tough
Watching the corrupt
Dare I say weāre split
Between democracy and
Lost humanity
Our nation is great
The people have what it takes
So why do we wait
We are infested
With blood sucking fleas and ticks
Letās eradicate
…the continuation of yesterdayās Haiku quoted at the top.
Chasing sun rays
That inevitably escape
At the end of each day
Soon darkness invades
Hurry run the other way
Itās not too late
Try and stay awake
Watching shadows play
Tricks as demons slay
