When he hit
The ground
He had a strange sense
Of birthday balloons
Being cut free,
Not knowing where
Going somewhere.
And a distant thought
That he was dying,
Not wanting to leave
So much to do
So much unsaid,
Then he heard
Voices.
Stephen Nesbitt ©
From “So Here We Are” www.StrangersAndPoetry.com
2:08 PM August 5, 2017
Where do you cry
When the fly
On the wall
Is your TV set,
With the net
Nearly complete
Under the illusion
That your gadgets
Make you cool
And connected,
One step away
From the chip
And total intrusion
Into the blip
That is life,
Controlled
By hideous beings.
Stephen Nesbitt ©
From “So Here We Are” www.StrangersAndPoetry.com
8:41 AM August 1, 2017
The stardust
That you’re made of
Does it shine
Or is it dim ,
When you hear
As within
So without,
Do you try
To understand
Or shake
A stupid grin.
Stephen Nesbitt ©
From “So Here We Are” www.StrangersAndPoetry.com
3:36 PM July 30, 2017
It was houses and boats
And the notes we wrote
To ourselves,
With plans and charts
Landscapes and voyages
That kept us moving on,
One foot after the other,
Some said dreamers,
Dreamers,
But we smiled to ourselves
And bought lottery tickets
And long shot investments
And wrote notes that read,
What is a life without dreams?
Stephen Nesbitt ©
From “So Here We Are” www.StrangersAndPoetry.com
1:11 PM July 3, 2017
If you were
To return with
An offer,
I would
Lose my mind,
Risk my soul
To return
To blind.
Stephen Nesbitt ©
From “So Here We Are” www.StrangersAndPoetry.com
7:37 AM June 30, 2017
So many birds
With short songs
Lost in belief
That they belong
To a great debate
As they tweet away
Nonsense and nothing
Day by day.
Stephen Nesbitt ©
From “So Here We Are” www.StrangersAndPoetry.com
8:46 AM June 18, 2017
By mid year
Much of the world
Was in turmoil,
Abnormal was normal
And normal was suspect,
The Stockholm syndrome
Seemed mainstream,
Gender rejected
For a neutered mutant,
A wrong pronoun brought fines
Words could bring jail,
Violence and crime
Were downplayed,
Those recording,
Asking and questioning
Detained,
Is there any irony in the fact
That a country that once tried
To exterminate a race,
Was spearheading the overrun
Of countries by refugees
And questionable others.
Stephen Nesbitt ©
From “So Here We Are” www.StrangersAndPoetry.com
8:54 AM May 30, 2017
