580. Transcendence

Look to the stars, Earth Children!

Look to the stars!

The moon is beckoning.

The universe is calling.

Do not feel confined ‘tween Venus and Mars.

Wander, live, and take wing!

Out there, in the vast expanse,…

Out,…beyond Earth,

Are adventures untold,…

Endless worlds undiscovered.

For what is life and humanity worth,

When left unaccomplished?

Unpolished by experience,

And tarnished by pride.

Stunted by triviality,

While subdued by technicality;

And our home, on the Earth,

Where we try and hide,

From our future potentiality.

Look to the stars, Earth Children!

Look to the stars!

Heaven’s gates are open.

The only question is when?

When will we expand and explore the stars?

And draw, with universe to pen,

The masterpiece entitled:

“The Transcendence of Men”.

K. Aldaya, 4/16/22

Picture: By Joshua Earle on Unsplash; https://unsplash.com/photos/cGwfkwHmt98

578. Grateful

I find that I’m more nostalgic these days,

And wonder if it’s simply part of getting older?

Or is it a sign of the times?

With evil getting bolder,

And committing further crimes?

I find myself feeling ever more grateful,

For each moment idling hours ‘way with fam’ly:

The one that I got to help create;

And, for now, sit happily,

Before it becomes too late,

And we rise and disperse unto fate.

K. Aldaya, 2/25/22

577. A New World Endeavor (Not Order)

Why are those with the least vision,

Always given control of humanities’ fate?

They, who strive to build division,

With a lying smile, and call themselves “Great”?

Have we yet to learn our lesson?

Must we keep on repeating the same old mistakes?

When will we join and take action?

And end this irrational loop?… For God sakes!

It’s time for a better future.

One built on the hopes, loves, and freedoms of all men.

A vision, clear, as to never again obscure,

The human rights inherent to all men.

A world with a vision for tomorrow,

Replete with expansion and new innovation,

Where, without and within, we thrive and grow,…

Not a perfect, but at least, a free, world-nation,

Which forsakes destruction, for creation.

K. Aldaya, 2/24/22

Picture 1: By Saketh Garuda on Unsplash; https://unsplash.com/photos/SHY-CKpYjrE

Picture 2: By Greg Rosenke on Unsplash; https://unsplash.com/photos/1TjORT2dLOw

565. Arcane

I waited lifetimes for men to do what is right,

To seek truth, no matter how hard,

And light-up the ageless night,…

In search of each shard,

Of forgotten plight.

Yet, there’s no use in waiting for hope or justice,

When men seek what’s easy, not just,…

And sleep soundly at night, feckless,

As shadows are thrust,

In each orifice.

I waited lifetimes for no more than fantasy;

For when I look into the black,

It gazes back into me,

While those who won’t see,

Endlessly attack,…

And I grin, knowingly.

K. Aldaya, 11/17/21

Picture:

From Sucker Punch; https://gifs.alphacoders.com/gifs/view/181159

2. From Sucker Punch; https://www.fanpop.com/clubs/sucker-punch/images/26330438/title/babydoll-photo/4

564. Interstellar: Hope Against Hope

Humanity used and hurt me for it’s gain,

And when I cried out in pain,

It consumed my voice.

Fear and suspicion pervaded all the stars.

They claimed “theirs”, of what was ours,

And eclipsed the sun.

Now I pine in this interstellar darkness,

Writing on of my distress,

And though it may be useless,…

Send it into space.

K. Aldaya, 11/15/21

Picture: By Adrian Gaede on Unsplash; https://unsplash.com/photos/ddwLvLf-7ao