diamond ring

while at a table the other day
two women were chatting about one of the women's rings
'its so big, so shiny and sparkly'
the woman's face lite up knowing the other was jealous
i found it sad
does she think her husband would love her less?
does the ring symbolize something?
its a cash transaction
for a rock which there are millions more around
the ring represents 'an idea'
that created feeling
the one which overtook her emotions when others 'oooooo' over it
i see the ring and i see food, shelter, water, family picnic, clothes
there is nothing a woman could give me to show me her love
she simply must 'show' me
in her own special way
its something the mind cannot comprehend
nor do i expect most would
everyone needs 'proof' of their love
seeing 2 people together
happily in love
is all the proof i need

my family

as the years have passed
we've drifted father and farther away
'going on your own' they say
'starting a family, white picket fence, 9 to 5' they say
is life a cycle of brainwashing
do we repeat the same thing
generation after generation after generation
finding that what the previous did to be
'the way of life'
it saddens me
to say the very least
the ones we hold close to our hearts
are bit a short 'physical' distance away
yet couldn't tell you a thing about whats going on in ones life
i haven't the slightest
its not for not trying
i just dont know
anymore......

real

what is real?
is it something we can touch?
or something you see?
science says it has to be 'physical'
a form of some sort
the so called 'black matter'
today i found that nothing is real
if its something we see, hear, feel, touch or taste
in essence its all chemical reactions
can atoms 'see' us?
we can see millions of light years away
with the all mighty Hubble telescope
yet we cannot seem to find a cure for selfishness
greed, hate, discrimination, anger
there is no cure for something that doesn't exist
anymore than there are answers a distance so far away
maybe the Hubble is a microscope
and not a telescope?
yet whatever it may find
how do we know its real?

death

if we choose to live
we also choose to die
death seems like the more fearful thing
for most humans
doctors become 'gods'
bringing the dead back to life
however,
does such actions change futures path?
if someone was suppose to die
but in the end did not
then what?
or was it suppose to be a scare
to awake them?
i embrace death
a wonder about the nothingness
there was something before me!?
or is it a circle (reincarnation)?
the path to life is through death
as they say....
no one leaves alive

foliage

the leaves are a changing
some have hit the ground
red, yellows, browns
colors are WOW!
people dont seem to notice
change that takes place
shedding of a trees leaves
just like skin cells we change
it has to happen
we must rid of the old
to make way for the new
do trees shiver?
do trees shake?
do they beg for water?
what will it take?
......when the last tree falls
you stand by and watch
or will you be planting seeds
....so life itself
can go on

change

you pray all you can
and hope for the best
through darkness
light is found
though the mind
is buried underground
lost somewhere
in the nothingness that is
misunderstood emotions
actions and thoughts
but it is this same mind
that holds her back
causing chaos and destruction
other fear attack
temporary darkness
she shes not what she does
hurting those trying to help
when all is needs is love
threats come from high and low
as your army moves in
fighting over this lost one
this one...
little kid

tone

these words cut through the air
splitting cells and hairs
into the ear canal
where the mind dwells
electrical impulses
make sense of it all
the words dont actually
dont make sense at all
you put them together
make of it as you wish
the words that ive spoken
this mind is a mess