610. Appreciative Depreciation

I forget I’m human all the time…

That I have a voice,

And a say,

And although things won’t always go my way,

That I can speak out, and have a choice.

I forget I’m human all the time…

Yet, I’ve decided…

It’s okay.

It’s just a human body anyway;

And we’re more than where we’ve resided.

I forget I’m not human sometimes…

That I am a soul,

And not bone,

And it’s normal to feel lost and alone…

As we journey, mere sparks of a whole…

Universe.

K. Aldaya, 3/14/23

Picture: By Nikita Shirokov on Unsplash; https://unsplash.com/photos/0C0scqtrthY

150. Lasting Truth

Hello all you people.

How can you not see me here,

dying, dying, dying,

From emptiness of tear?

Hello all you people.

Have none of you a heart,

beating, beating, beating,

With compassionate restart?

Hello all you people.

How is it that you can’t see?

rejected, rejected, rejected,

And abandoned souls as me?

Hello all you people.

How can you be so cruel and not,

perceive, perceive, perceive,

And seek for what should be sought?

Hello all you people.

Forget all of those things you own;

debris, debris, debris,

From materialisms’ throne.

Hello all you people,

Aren’t people more important and,

eternal, eternal, eternal?

For soon life will be no more than sand.

Hello all you people.

Hear me at last when I am gone; Only…

caring, caring, caring,

Will last beyond this fading dawn.

K. Aldaya, 6/29/05

Picture: “For A Lost Soul” by TheFoxAndTheRaven on Deviant Art; http://www.deviantart.com/art/For-A-Lost-Soul-448992691