Saturday, June 6, 2020

What Would I Feel? I – Palm Sunday

What would I feel
If I walked into Jerusalem with Him?
Walking beside the donkey
That carried my King and Lord
Walking over cloaks and palm leaves
Laid before His feet
With crowds of thousands
Cheering Him and proclaiming Him king
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna!
Would it be joy or pride that I was one
Whom He considered a friend?
Would it be excitement or apprehension
As He was about to claim His crown?
Would I understand what He was doing
Riding the donkey and what the week foretold?



6th April 2007, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America.

-Richard

Friday, June 5, 2020

The Airport

Here I go again
Stuck in a line
“Take your shoes off
Laptop out
Boarding pass please
And don’t forget your ID.”

Sitting down waiting
For my number to be called
Not the magic powerball
Just to enter the plane.
“Board through gate B
Move quickly please!”

Finally finding the seat
People blocking the aisles
Their bags too big to fit
“Sit down so we can leave”
The steward yells
“And fasten your seat belts please.”

Time to watch the video
Oxygen masks and exits.
Time to pull back
It all merges into one
Until the sudden acceleration
And we’re up and away.


1st April 2007, Houston, Texas, United States of America.

-Richard

Fragile

One event can shock
One event can shatter
One event can change
All perspective
All dreams
All functionality
Life so vibrant
Life so hopeful
Life so fragile
We feel like gods
We feel so smart
We feel indestructible
One event shows we’re only finite
One event shows how weak we are
One event shows we are not God!!



13th February 2007, Boston, Massachusetts, Unites States of America.


-Richard

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Waiting!

Sitting here waiting
It’s Christmas Eve
And I’m sitting here waiting.

For what?

For Santa to arrive on his sleigh?
For the girl I love to be in my arms?
For the game to kick off?
For dinner?
For the movie?
For the Christ child?

No!!

I’m waiting for the ring of a telephone
Waiting for another customer to call
Waiting for someone else who doesn’t have a clue
Waiting for the clock to reach five
Waiting to go home!


24th December 2003, Cary, North Carolina, United States of America.

-Richard
Another Christmas

Tired and stressed
So much to do
With so little time
It only seemed yesterday
That the sun was warm
And the trees green.

Now it’s dark and cold
Christmas Eve is upon us
Dreams of peace, 
Hope and love
Disappear amidst crazy crowds
Is there a baby crying?

According to those in power
The baby isn’t heard
As the reason for the season
Is banned across the world
And I wonder why
Peace on earth seems only a dream.


24th December 2003, Cary, North Carolina, United States of America.

-Richard

Monday, June 1, 2020

What Can We Say?

What can we say?
Just say “yes sir!!”
To comply
With what the Government 
And media want.

Dare I criticize
Have an opposite view
Or state what I believe
And defend those
Who can’t speak for themselves?

As Paul McCartney sings
Banned Beatles in Red Square
Political songs censored
In the land of the free
Where have I gone?

Religious right, blind and ignorant
Liberal left hypocritical and two-faced
Democracy where has it gone?
Those who died for it
Must wonder why they did! 


27th September 2003, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America.

-Richard

Varian

I’m sure the sun must be shining
But what the blue sky,
White clouds and warm rays
Look and feel like
I can only imagine
Or try and remember
What was real or my memory playing tricks.

I am stuck in a box
No way out
Just a way in
Where I must do the bidding
Of those on the other side.
I must do it well
Can’t make a mistake
Perfection is impossible
Yet, this is what they demand.

The hope of freedom.
The fear is the trapdoor beneath
That opens when one fails.
But, is this the real fear?
No, it’s trapped in the box
For all of my days.

I’m sure the sun must be shining.
I can only imagine!!



24th June 2003, Cary, North Carolina, Unites States of America.


-Richard