Go Not Quietly (new poem)

Go Not Quietly (new poem)

by Tim Kavi

We do not go quietly

into the night

but like bulls in a china shop

there is a great noise

destruction seems predominant

but do not mistake

loudness for anger

for lack of love

or even destructiveness

there are other things

to consider

on the eve of destruction

knowing that gentility

gets little notice

in the many noises of the world

must I speak softly

to get you to wake up

when the fire is burning?

sleeping souls

who says my message

is worthy to wake up to?

I speak the truth

turn to each other

embrace love and change

there is only the upward

striving on a ladder

of existence, to the path

where all sentient

beings make haste

bring it to the next rung

step up. step up

yet the destroying erases

applied like salve

to the wounded

the lost

yea, even the dying

of what is

and shall be

in the becoming

of who you are

called to become

step up step up

into the who

you are called

to become

confident

assurances waxed bold

in the face of tomorrow

fictional juxtapositions

encounter the real, lived out

of existence

your warrior stories

are waiting to be told.

A Tree Overlooking Existence (new poem)

A Tree Overlooking Existence (poem)

by Tim Kavi

A tree, I'm looking for

where I'm the same

in Nature grown

And what is known

Flows in a sweet refrain

of my existence, la la

Where gladness pours

across the flowered meadows

where the sunlight feeds the tops

of the seated places

where my sadness goes in retreat

of my existence, la la la!

lost in space

from the Earth's froth, my roots

run deep into the watered ground

across the withered plains

there's a forest, by the winding brook

of my existence, la la la la!

collapsed in time

superpositions, gray matter

fired neurons across a landscape

bring disturbing visions that promise peace

something's not right, in the light

of my existence, fa la la!

We, my fellow primates and I

are sitting in the treetops

safe where we imagine we see all

heavenly thrones of power

dripping knowledge, like raindrops

of our existence, fa la la la!

there it is; the quieting path below

one we have sought, 

in silencing reverence

as we descend and ascend

the ladders of the places we've got

of our existence, fa la la la la!

there in the calming spaces

of the open vistas 

the countrysides and rocky

paths and highways

that shine to us

Peace! in the open arms of our existence!

Hope Remains (New Poem)

Hope Remains (New Poem)by Tim Kavi

as I wondered

lying here I thought

the older I get

what happened to my past?

what happened to me?

what happened to them?

to so and so

when we were young

we imagined the world's problems

would soon be passed!

but things turned out 

to be not so simple

and while progress has been made

it hardly seems so

and not enough

there is still a need

for social justice

for fairness and empowerment 

to all regardless of creed

gender

race or age

there is still a struggle

but hope remains

for both young and old

a world to be made!

Spring, the Birthing of Hope (new poem)

Spring, the Birthing of Hope

By Tim Kavi

little flowers

time to wake up again

little birds

sing your songs

the snow is melting

the rivers are flowing

becoming

great again

oh you who despaired

fly again

you who journeyed

climb again

driving to the centre

of all that is

is the greatness

of all existence

yours and mine

again and again

Spring is a flying

winged creature

of a nurturing universe

bringing life

where once

decay fell

nurturing the earth

out of this soil

troubles of birth

are forgotten

travailing souls

found again

in all mercies

of the coming Spring