Bespoke Reality With what can we describeThis world we live in now?Bespoke reality I thinkNicely sums it all up We pick and choose What we think is best for usNever mind what's true and justOr what's always thus We forge our own pathsWe tick our own boxesForgoing what oughta fitPreferring the frills and fashions I … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #172
A sudden fear A sudden fear I can’t explainOf devices, gadgets Even my son’s toy trainA dawning realization: None of them are humane! A sudden fear I can’t explain Rushed over me yesterday For too long now they’ve held swayOver our daily lives, these machinesWithout any restraints How did we let these technologies hold court?Without … Continue reading My Monday Metricsl Musings #171
Small White Bird Early morning outside my window.Perched on the peak of a TembusuSmall but oh-so-majestic Took my breath away for a secondTo see something so incandescent White has a way of catching one off guardPristine. Pure. Regal. Untouched.But this shiny? This glory?Radiating its own lightFor one so tiny? How's that possible??!! But there it … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #170
The New AI Skynet! Attention! Attention!The world's after yoursAre you ready to surrender?Too lateYou're already beyond cure! Attention! Attention!Noise and DistractionThey play on your sensesNever surrendering your position Don't think for a minuteThat they'll let you goThey've got Hotspots, AlgorithmsDid I mention Artificial Intelligence? I know you think you're above it allAny time you wish, … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #169
The Absolute Perfect Day Walking in my neighborhoodDiscovering a new eating nookIs that a perfect day? Scrolling through my Netflix streamsUnearthing long-forgotten filmsIs that a perfect day? Reconnecting just around the bendOver a New Year meal with an ex-studentIs that a perfect day? Browsing through shelves of library booksOne excellent in neon yellow screams "Look!"Is … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #168
Torn but for Faith Hope Joy Torn by competing demandsHow I wish I had a chanceEnter into a dream-like tranceForgetting my present circumstance But... ...No. This thing in the way called Life(Any wonder it rhymes with 'Strife'?!)Leads inevitably to our demiseOur fates in the roll of a dice Still......Yes. Such ruminations don't have to dictateHow … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #167
Delighting into the New Year Four dads starting a joint Book reading planSon singing the same song in Daddy's headlandLovely morning walk with a trail of antsDelighting into the New Year Carpooling a Kaiser kid too cuteWatching his backseat recline aka Cleopatra lookThen listing his 12 favourite country nooksDelighting into the New Year Scribbling a … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #166
Advent Musings #5/5 -- Light One spark of lightIs all it takesTo send Darkness a-packing One shred of hopeIs all that's neededTo fill our hearts with longing One moment of peaceIs all our souls requireTo help us re-center our being One note of joyIs all we need to hearTo set our spirits a-soaring One touch … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #165
Advent Musings #4/5 -- Love Love came downTwo score and thousand years agoAmazing Angels proclaimed Love's understated arrivalIncredible Shepherds gapedAt the announcementSpeechless Barn animalsSilently witnessingWonderful New parentsAwestruck and changedForevermore A baby bornFor Hope. Peace. Joy.Miraculous Love came downTwo score and thousand years agoAmazing... ...Grace. Blessed Christmas to AllWith Love this pureBlessed Christmas to AllJesus is … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #164
Advent Musings #3/5 -- Joy Joy to the worldThat's how that song goesRight? Yet where's this JoySo desperately neededTonight? With news of warFilling our daysHapless With news of griefTurning our thoughtsHopeless With news of lossPlundering our heartsRelentless Joy to the worldThat's what we desperately needToday Joy to the worldA baby bornYesterday Two thousand odd YearsAgo … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #163
