Death Sentence

Red coats forward
Willingly, begrudging acceptance
A marched straight line
The owners taking aim
From safety of the blind
Obedience to the shareholders
Coerced by needless necessity
Societally impressed, marketed
To the soul ragged drones
Hungered and destitute.
Reasoned then we volunteer
Wracking our bodies
Numbing our minds
For existence of what
For what?
Ten minutes of play with our children.
The deteriorating love of our spouse.
We the artists martyred
By our choices
To be punks in the machines
For bad food and obesity
For a speedy rush
To a small piece of real estate
Ad nauseous
A resting place
The reward
For what?
Time eternal ethereal waits
It can be stopped
And memory made

Identity Implicit

Over and over

Again and again and again

Misunderstood this love

Misunderstood

I am not here to requisition you

A mere commodity

One cannot requisition they who are truly free

I wish only to enable

A partnership of equals

And it stuck

Suddenly unchained

Burdens from the past

Those men and women who would merely own

Selfishly possessive of

This thing you offer

This thing I offer

Gone

Free to embrace

For love and laughter

For commerce and art

We are the truly blessed

But we know that now

Of course we do

I wonder what took it all so long

That God would see us learn

Of our own free will

To suffer and squander

Then reward

You understand now it is said

Be the one you two are meant to be

This force of nature

This example to all

Top billing and blessed

Mist

I watched your picture today

Looking intently into your eyes

Willing me there

Am I

Missed

At least I hoped I was

Cause I saw joy there

And sadness there

Known it was all for another

Missed

We wish for presence

I do

And this I shall

Confined by memories

Missed

The swell overwhelms

A soul so silent

What can will be

Fortunate distant unknown

In the mist