A new year has dawned,
O’er the Kingdom of Man,
In this age of great peril,
Where one does what one can,
To ward off evil,
And fortify the walls,
Of Truth, Light, and what is Right,
Against bespoken calls,
For dark to descend,
And snuff out divine Light,
From the spirits of all men,
And consume them in night.
Yet, no matter what,
Night will not ever win,
For Light, Goodness, and the Truth,
Always find a way in…
And radiate.
K. Aldaya, 1/5/23
Picture: By Ben O’Bro on Unsplash; https://unsplash.com/photos/wpU4veNGnHg
Speech shouldn’t be a gun to the head.
Enforced conformity or social death.
For does not a life still exist,
As long as there is breath?
Silence is not insignificance,
Nor essentiality: of a word;
And a voice is no guarantee,
Of ever being heard.
K. Aldaya, 11/6/22
GIF 1: Actress Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven from Stranger Things; https://aminoapps.com/c/stranger-things/page/user/eleven/YjW6_VJPtWf6Q5PnldWQPMx7xEDERlj8dv7SR
GIF 2: Actress Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven from Stranger Things; https://aminoapps.com/c/stranger-things/page/blog/eleven/V0EL_2Wvi7u73BQNXQ2o4NYVlZ7ZDx1l12
Humans silence screams,
Yes, they refuse to hear.
They smother feelings with their hands,
And whisper, “No, not here!”.
Humans silence screams,
And leave voices estranged.
Severing all the connections,
‘Til the harm can’t be changed.
Humans silence screams,
And use without remorse.
They want the best without the worst,
And they get it by force.
Humans silence screams,
And exterminate choice.
For mutilated vocal cords,
Can not, then, bear a voice.
K. Aldaya, 10/19/22
Picture: From Vampire Diaries; https://tenor.com/view/choke-strangle-cant-breathe-gif-12216423
If truth hurts someone’s feelings,…
It’s disinformation,…
Though hurting you for it’s the state of the nation.
Politicians start race wars,
While blaming you and me,…
And praise morality,…
While spreading bigotry.
The masses tally point-cards,…
In games of victimhood,…
Then throw help away,…
Victimizing victimhood.
–People grow ever more tired and cruel,
Behind screens,…comments, texts, and tweets.
Trashed for each typo and misword,…
Passed with nary an eye to meet.–
What good’s a mouth that’s muzzled?
What good’s a mind, unwise?
What good’s a human heart,…
Where love can not arise?
K. Aldaya, 5/19/22
Picture: By: Maarten Scheer on Unsplash; https://unsplash.com/photos/7Ouf2hMCYi4
My Soul is a Lock Without a Key 