Poetry: Surprise! It’s Life

Unpredictability Perpetual flux An endless series Of unforeseen mystery Just when you think You have it all figured out Surprise Curveball Keep that ego in check We can try to create buffers Chasing the mirage of perfection Faking invincibility Feigning protection But all in all We are utterly unguarded Wholly Read more…

I AM

Divide and conquer Working all too well on Planet Earth When we attach our identity to labels We set ourselves up for manipulation To be played like pawns In a chess game we can’t quite see Who am I? Black? White? Brown? Yellow? Purple? American? Chinese? Italian? Indian? Native American? Read more…