Dénouement

In no amount of time 

i shall find that you have

become but a small stilled voice

a mere blip in the universe’s chaos,

fading off into some surreal 

yet distant sunset

ultimately finding stardust

leaving behind your cosmic trail

where in the continuum of space

you shall set sail

and infinitely be free…

---©g.a.meeder, 2015®

Autumn Overture

subtle sunrays peek

in between trees sparkling

on fallen fall spun

golden sun drenched leaves, autumn's

soft footprints of season's end.

---©g.a.meeder, 2015®

Change of Days

You are like the best

friend that came to visit

and now must go away

my only consolation is that

it is autumn's turn to stay.

©---g.a.meeder, 2015®

Lady Gaga - Til It Happens To You

Stormy Clouds

©---g.a.meeder, 2015®

Insurmountable Odds

thunder claps boom with

intermittent lightning bolts

zigzagging their way

flashing, lighting up the

mountainous cloud

of billowy,

surging strength

as it climbs

trying desperately

to kiss the sky

rising against

insurmountable odds

just as we all strive to

every day, we are alive.

©---g.a.meeder, 2015®

What We Cannot Deny

(For ALL The Refugees, (Aylan, 3 & Galip, 5)

lying there face down in the sand

along the coast in his

red shirt, blue shorts, small black shoes

somebody’s sweet child,

their son, lifeless

washed ashore from

their struggle against

immeasurable odds to escape

a war ravaged torn country

only to find the same fate

that they tried so desperately

to flee from

and all some do is argue

over photos that show us

what we have become…

---©g.a.meeder, 2015®



Big Britches

Big Britches

so you say you want

to play in the big leagues

of the world today

a word of advice

you had better

wear your best armor

because battle scars

from home field advantage

have become commonplace

and not everybody is left standing

in one piece and walks away…

---©g.a.meeder,2015®

 

 



Nightfall Vis-à-vis

Find your pathway to the Universe
—©g.a.meeder, 2015®

 

Nightfall  Vis-à-vis

They tower over us

standing tall reflectively

shimmering lucid in their

crème de la crème

emerald leafed sequins

waving when dog day breezes

rustle their feathery plumage

silently watching us

as we come and go

keeping everything they see and hear

an unspeakable secret

for only them in the darkness of night

to whisper sharing amongst

the stars that sparkle

the creatures that roam

themselves and anybody else

who wants to be in the know.

---©g.a.meeder, 2015®

 

 



My Unlucky Charms

My Unlucky Charms

the sting of failure

not once but twice has become

a stigma that is

difficult to overcome

second time round is no charm

dangling from my imaginary

pandora bracelet.

---©g.a.meeder,2015®

 

 

 



Frenemies For Life

Frenemies For Life

As far back as I can remember

we have had to chicken scratch

hissing, throwing a few punches

biting, pinching, scrimping and saving

our way to fight the good fight

trying to overcome poverty’s

blight thrust upon us

but try as we may

try as we might

it eludes us no matter how hard

the punch is thrown in this fight

the repeat lessons we have learned

surely this road we have outgrown

but so far, no such luck

for it has strangely become

now the best of friends

we have ever known.

this poverty level of life

we just cannot rise above

an enemy claiming friendship

owning us for the efforts

we have sown…

---©g.a.meeder, 2015®

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fren·e·my

/ˈfrenəmi/ noun, informal

plural noun: frenemies

a person with whom one is friendly

despite a fundamental dislike or rivalry

Political Hack

 

Political Hack

It’s as if you’ve been

advantageously  

juxtapositioning

this unwritten law

before time even

churning those wheels

inside your ego driven head

collectively picking and choosing

which words are better sound bites

to speak well of only yourself

neglecting the forgotten

the newly dead

sinning by omission  

you should be ashamed

but all you do is

cultivate and grow

a bigger head.

---©g.a.meeder, 2015®



She Got The Blues...

She Got The Blues…

dust particles whirl

in the sunbeams

through the glass windows

that are no longer

rose colored for us

reality came along

wearing the biggest pair ever

of shit kicking boots

that altered the course of time

kicking our coming of age virtues

to the curb on the streets

where we all lived

shaming us, for such naïveté

crystal clear windows of our souls

now cracked,

splintered,  

broken

or auctioned off

to the first buyer,  sold!

a weight so heavy

on her mind

so much so

she got the blues…

---©g.a.meeder, 2015®

 

 

 

 

Condescension

Condescension

Please, do not speak in

that tone of voice

which would imply

that YOU sincerely believe

that you are better  then I.

for I am a skilled in life ninja

who will take you down

for that reason alone

no lie.

---®g.a.meeder, 2015©

 

Mighty Reckoning

Mighty Reckoning

  You are a force to

  be reckoned with that’s what they

  say about the likes

  of someone like me when my

  tongue is set loose words fly free. 

---©g.a.meeder, 2015®

 

"Now that the day has arrived, they cry socialism."

 

---Elizabeth A. Sherman

 

 



Political Paradox

Political Paradox

so, you don’t want her

to run, so you poke fun at

her just because you

can, using the same old lame

excuse as did her old man.

 ---©g.a.meeder, 2015®

 

 

 

 

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/clinton-cheated-because-i-could-16-06-2004/

 

 

 

 

 



Show-Offs...

Springtime Show-Offs...
---©g.a.meeder, 2015®

Show-Offs

Lavender beauties

appear  in a rush

then fade away

as swiftly after

strutting their stuff

like a flash of lightning

does in a brilliant

thunderstorm

leaving me to fancy that

they too are just another

one of those

fast & furious

spring time show-offs.

---©g.a.meeder, 2015®

 

 

 

I Like Your Silence, It the more shows off your wonder.—William Shakespeare

Knit Up Your Britches

 

Knit Up Your Britches

I think to myself

With knitted brows

As my needles

Click and clack

And the earth

she spins round

incredibly fast

Can my life possibly

Get any worse than this?

I put my knitting down

And tell myself

Knit up your britches

Frayed woman

Enough of this

One way or another

You will, strand by strand

Purl your way through

And distance this.

---©g.a.meeder, 2015®