Van
Gogh
Upon The Fearless Wind
Poem by Mary Margaret Park
the tide ebbs and flows
drawn by the princess moon
and time stands by
certain
in a cascade of silver hues
men’s dreams rise and fall
upon the fearless wind
as years steal the
seconds
from the hours they have to spend
if notes are word and deed
the song of tomorrow is in its creation
and the prize is in its composition
the lives of sea and sky
are tethered by the air
our eyes contrive horizons
the mind believes are there
land
the image seen not really there
from eyes of truth we don’t perceive
fooling our eyes in what is seen
with false perceptions that fool the eye
we see yon horizon
yet sky and land will never meet
our mind’s perspective creates the view
our world’s exist
where illusion meets belief
we foster magic in the hours
of our youth
with the wisdom of old age
we understand the truth
Democracy Lost
Poem by Mary Margaret Park
uncertain virtue
democracy lost
changing the future
freedom’s the cost
street corner speeches
folks singing the blues
warriors for rights
out parceling truths
capital hill’s fists
are heavy with stones
our citizens victimized
losing their homes
masters on wall street
the new ruling breed
we’re serfs in a system
fueled by globalist greed
political forecasts
pedal lies to the blind
selling prosperity
while the dollar declines
rulers without reason
the treason of this rhyme
betrayal of a nation
the disgrace of our times
Broken Vows
A Poem by Mary Margaret Park
within the city walls there dwells
a bustling swirl of dreams.
the searchlights creeping monsters
aglow in cold and bluest flames.
a passage to the hinterlands
a doorway it would seem
entwined in arms of rainbow
a caesura full of cream.
tomorrow’s dead have come
to wed the center of all things.
a current adulation to the
source of humankind
to tie our thoughts to cherry blossoms
that live along the Rheine.
a tutors mistress upon the green
to show the stars agree.
a mighty mist upon the earth
surrounding you and me.
and so the bluest blue shines bright
to lead us from the fray
into the melting pot of planets
draped across the sky
where distant lands are built of thoughts
that will never die.
a boundless road on golden threads
to grasp in eager hands
the truth forgotten that we seek
healing backwards into time.
ere modern man will neutron bomb
with simple beams of light.
0ur souls enfold in future lands
to protect us from his plight.
of spoken word, of kindest deed
a century’s pure delight.
the blackest courts and whitest nights
that enslaved our nations bow
will tumble from the greatest heights
to dream of broken vows.
The Constellations Will Follow
A Poem by Mary Margaret Park
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upon the silver moon she rode
in a swirl of phantom dreams
the stars beckoned with her passage
reflecting greatness that they’d seen
she was alone and feeling weary
so didn’t notice them at all
blinded by past failures
she’d given up, would let them fall
ill fortune had been her siren song
and she’d sung it very well
but yesterday’s ruins were receding
her broken heart could finely heal
mother, son, and daughter
are the radiance of the sun
lover, friend, and father
won’t let us falter, come undone
our course is true and righteous
we do not heed deception’s drum
the constellations will follow now
for the journey’s just begun
Image by Jeremy Thomas