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A World Alone

 

It’s Snowing today
And yet the world is black.
Emptiness, a void
Where love should be,
Where laughter could be.

Instead a sadness
That overwhelms my soul,
And the souls of millions.
A feeling of reaching out,
Trying to grasp the meaning
Of why we are here.

Life seems so tenuous now,
It will never be the same,
But we know it can’t be,
And shouldn’t be either.

For we are all reaping
What we have sown,
In this life or from others.

We are all parts of the horror
We now face,
And horrified, we see what
WE HAVE DONE!

There is no blame,
Only self-responsibility
Can change our future,
The future of millions, of our earth.
Time for each to take stock
Of our own actions,

What we have brought to the table,
What space are we in today,
And where will we go with it.

The polarities have come to the extreme points
Of choices, so all can see through
The illusion of complacency,
The illusion of the third dimension
And it’s TRAPPINGS!

Time to cut the strings of the puppet masters,
Time for all us to sing,
To love one another,
To honor and respect each one,
All ones, the earth, that is our mother,
The sky that is our roof and our life-giving sustenance,
The water that nourishes our blood
The food that gives us strength.

To respect and give thanks
To the animals, the birds, the fishes,
The insects, to rocks, trees and streams,
For the part they play in our lives.

For if we do not,
We will not be able to in a very short time,
We have had our chance
To do the dance,

The record has almost played.

 

Kay Ekwall
© Feb. 16, 2003

 

 

 

  The Tears of the Children
 


Brave, trusting souls..
daring to be born..again,
brashly perhaps, but
taking a chance on love.
Cautiously,
setting foot on foreign
soil, most dangerous,
unaware of delicate life.
Tiny, innocent eyes peer,
looking for guidance,
for care..
finding instead,
a world of pain,
of heartbreak.
A multitude of sins..
doubling
the tears of the children,
distorting their world
into chaos.

Kay Ekwall
copyright l999

 

 

 

Ah, The Pain

The pain of it all
burrows deep within me
I weep uncontrollably
for lovers that will never be
for children who will never heal
I weep for young mothers
not knowing their children will die,
....and not knowing why.
I cry for the beauty of the world,
soon to be taken away,
for great artists, musicians, poets
whose creations won't see
another day.
I moan in the present...
for I see the future.
Ah, I feel the pain
which wrenches my soul
from its' moorings
and casts it out onto
a sea of sorrows
...adrift and alone.
I feel the pain.


Kay Elaine Ekwall
copyright l999

 

 

     Incongruities



Someone wrote a book...
   "The Diary of a Cat",
sold in a million dollar bookstore
   laced with looky-loos,
sometime buyers, espresso drinkers
   visiting...finding the latest
hot romantic novels..
how to improve...
   their homes, their sex lives.
While somewhere in a war, a race is dying,
   the hot breath of war searing,
tearing off limbs, dreams of a future
   for thousands, maybe millions.


Bargain books on every isle.
Tempting plastic cups with logos,  
expensive chocolates,
 violins playing haunting music..
   while beautiful people talk,
 the casualness of conversations
   hiding the lies that they live.


Wondrous hideouts for the children,
   new worlds to explore, new ideas
to inspire growing minds....
  in a hospital bed, children are dying
no books for them, no hopes..
   no dreams..their worlds are brittle,
falling apart...as the world
   watches, and shakes its' head..
and someone wrote a book...
   "The Diary of a Cat".......
 


        
Kay Elaine Ekwall
               copyright l999

 

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