New Year’s Eve 2019

The minutes march ever louder...

activists rising up 

against a grim 

Fate. Time, 

both friend 

and foe. 

Lessons forgotten 

Like so many 

acquaintances 

on the eve each 

year dawns. Hope

ringing in resolutions...

to improve

(Life).

Eager for validation

we share nobel desires 

while neglecting the pallet 

with which we Paint them.

A future lacking contrast, 

white on white.

Brilliant lights bursting in air

over border check points, 

give proof to this truth...

Self evident.

That not all men, 

women, and children

are equal. 

And never 

brought to mind....

For Auld Lang Syne.*

*For the sake of old times”