Sounds that Echo

I have heard the deafening sounds of this raging River.

In her silence, echoes a voice that did make me quiver.

For, the essence of her diatribes at me, did deliver

a message so cruel, so cold, it made my spirit shiver

to think that all I gave, unappreciated was this giver.

From her heart, the depth of her soul, not a sliver

of compassion, of understanding, of acceptance.

She never even gave this silly old fool a chance

at the joys, the pleasures of a slow dance,

nor the intimacies, the passions of romance.

B. J. “A ” 2

May 17^th 2017

Healing

Could it be possible for love to heal the troubled, the wounded?

All those damaged souls, who’s ghosts haunt their every hour!

Could love bring them back from the brink of emotional extinction?

Give them back some of the innocence they, at onetime, knew?

When one thinks of the genocide of our First Nations People,

Think of the genocide of their spirit, those remaining souls.

Could it be possible for love to heal the troubled, the wounded?

All those damaged souls, who’s ghosts haunt their every hour!

When one thinks of the genocide of a child’s psyche, hers or his.

One has to wonder what part love plays in this destructive game

man plays as he molests, sexually abuses, emotionally, mentally,

verbally strips naked, to the very marrow, the essence of a child,

of Nations, of the first Peoples residing upon this little blue planet,

past, present and future. Will love give them a glimpse of a future?

B. J. “A ” 2

May 9^th 2017

Journeys

Moments, they will come, moments, they will go.

With their journey, what will one come to know?

Moments, they come, when they go, it rearranges

one’s perception, one’s perspective it changes.

Will the changes become a world of infinite wisdom,

or a lifetime of limited ?, or limitless ?, freedom.

Some say, the gods, will provide, will guide .

Within each cult, each religion they hide.

Men have taken their philosophies and deride.

Filling men’s minds with fears, false prides.

B. J. “ A ” 2

May 4^th2017