Blockchain

A bill of materials
replaced
their bill of rights.

Hapless individuals,
stripped of identity,
a tribe of humans
shipped on
a deadly voyage,
from a dark continent
to a far-off land,
towards obscurity
and uncertainty.
.
Helpless beings
turned into
an inventory of
subjugated property.

Sold and resold,
a supply chain in
depraved indifference,
moved these assets from
one ledger to the next.

A chain of custody,
disgusting, restraining,
shackled a human-ware
to an auction block!

A blockchain of
human indignity.

You must stand tall

When dark and deluge shroud you

If thy options seem too far and few.

All around you trap and landmine

Pointing you toward ominous sign.

No easy way out and no one to call

You must, you must still, stand tall.

When dull and drab your only view

If disasters lurk and dangers brew.

The dark cloud loses its silver line

No light rays on thy passage shine.

Lost in the deep and no one to call

You must, you must still, stand tall.

When in harm's way without a clue

If help seems not to come through.

Stalled, nothing, nomore is fit and fine

New tempests signal rapid decline.

Alone and dazed and no one to call

You must, you must still, stand tall.

random

Before sending over
to you and the world,

my poem I shall 

read aloud to a(n):
   Purple Finch or African Gray,

   Neon Tetra or Molly Red,

   Golden Retriever or White Terrier

but never to a:

   Havana Brown or Russian Blue
(I hate selfish creatures!!!)

An Untitled Quatrain

She is possessed by the black night.
Her quiver craves for arrows
from the quiver of her white knight
To save her soul from sorrows.

For GnR fans

For all GnR fans

I keep knocking on heaven's door -
god, missed yesterday's night train,
couldn't soak in the November rain.
have sympathy for the devil & more.

He goes, "have patience, do not cry.
you ain't the first in bad obsession
sweet child o' mine, one in million
it's easy when you live and let die.

estranged, civil war, dust n bones fine
right next door to hell with such clues
reckless life better with shotgun blues
welcome to the jungle, you are mine."