Nations & Truth

Nations
No matter how powerful
Dare not speak the whole truth
Are too feeble to heft a conscience
And too frail to halt internal decay.
05.31.12

Power & Art

While the arts
Regenerate their joys
With each passing generation
Power and wealth, being self-serving
Expire with time and endanger our simple joys.
05.30.12

Fed & Hungry

Parading the well fed
Before the hungry
Offends dignity.
05.29.12

Laws & Reflexes

Reflex laws
Hurridly enacted
In reaction to happenings
Have long-term adverse effects
That exceed the good they can ever do.
05.28.12

Faces & Roles

Some spend money with pain
And we call them stingy;
Some spend it with joy
And we call them generous;
And some spend it with caution
And we call them frugal;
Curiously, these three faces of humanity
Enact their parts regardless of wealth or power.
05.27.12

Masses & Honesty

Whosoever addresses the masses
Especially leaders, politicians, & media mongers
Sacrifices honesty and purity for the sake of applause.
05.26.12

Countries & Death

Unlike people
Countries begin to die
Only after they reach their zenith;
From henceforth, they die a slow death
Languishing on, without ever dying completely.
05.25.12