Monday, February 2, 2015

The Road of Impossibilities




In defiance I travel the road of impossibilities refusing to succumb to the futility of the human condition…news of the day blasting away with the atrocities committed in the name of power…blatant behavior moons empathy…stress pulls out knives and carves the kindness out of hearts…

Yet the sun rises in majesty capturing in space the beauty of existence…

Visions from the past of ships bearing human cargo speed towards an unknown destiny. Families split up…torn apart…a magnificent heritage ripped from the souls of a captured people…screams reach into the din of the new millennium filling prisons with attitudes of deliberate anger.

Yet the flowers bloom in spring dropping petals of love

Green fertile land snatched from the grasp of an indigenous people…avarice  justifies theft in the name of progress…prejudice and hatred hold hands singing of new beginnings while the blood of the people runs red in rivers…feet bloodied by a long trail of tears…bodies collapsing to return to the dust of the earth.

Yet the waves of the mighty ocean beat the rhythm of the tides against pristine beaches.

Jim Crow straddles the fence with hypocritical cries of “you can make it if you try”…”you can have your piece of the pie”…whispering voices slither along the streets bombarding minds …you failed the test…you failed the test…you dumb…you stupid …you poor…you hungry…need some money?  The bling bling of opulence blinds the reality of risks…life becomes devalued.

Yet the Grand Canyon in its layers of multi-colored strength signals the rock of ages


Ice crystals falling through the atmosphere freeze moments of fear into failure immobilizing action. Frigid temperatures stifle passion. Aspirations transform into desolation slipping off icy crevices. Translucent icicles hang on corners of dreams that never materialize slowly dripping back into the cycle of life.

Yet snow-capped mountains stand tall in their stately magnificence weathering blizzards whiteouts, snowstorms…forever proclaiming permanence in a passing reality.