Category: Political

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ShareWare

ShareWare

I believe you have something to share?

ShareWare

There is no lack
It is misaligned
Abundance existing
tho hard to find

Many live simply
Their needs are few
Their happiness quotient
is high and true

Others have access
to more than they need
Sometimes it is wanting
Sometimes it’s greed

How many clothes
do we have in our home?
Time to gift them?
Time to loan?

And what about eating
when we know best
We live longer
when we eat less

How many of our rooms
are understaffed?
Yet we heat them, cool them
with ‘lectricity or gas

If we fear we’re in danger
of running out –
what of those who
have to live without?

It is time to care
To deeply care
and practice the use
of ShareWare

We have a bouquet of flowers
and now there’s two
One is for us
and one for you

We’re going to shop
Will you come too?
Can you help carry our groceries
and we’ll drive you?

ShareWare
Share all you can spare
Simplify
Support local

Be aware of how
others are living
Awareness ignites
the art of giving

It’s time to level
the field we play on
Draw a new picture
with pen or crayon

Draw how ALL can live together
caring and sharing
Loving and laughing
Reciprocal pairing

If we gave you a dare
it would be: be aware
of how many times today
you ShareWare

Share your wares
Careware
Freeware
Share/wear

We dare

gagi     09/29/13

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The Anger from Within

The Anger from Within

The anger from within
Has to come out
The anger from within
Do you know what it’s about?

The anger from within
Is frustration contained
The anger from within
Comes from around us – entrained

The anger from within
Is as much yours as is mine
The anger from within
Is about the unjust defined

The anger from within
It has to come out
The anger from within
Is what this is all about

The anger from within
Is seeking a voice
The anger from within
Just what is our choice?

The anger from within
Has not been assessed
The anger from within
Has created this unrest

The anger from within
Has been expressed in our songs
The anger is within
And it’s not where it belongs

The anger from within
Has created great pain
The anger is within
And if blamed it leads to shame

The anger was within
And we have let it out
The anger’s not within
It’s creating fear – no doubt

The anger’s not within
The release has been immense
The anger’s not within
It’s being used now as a defence

Those who are judging us
Are angry instead
Blaming our expression
And feeling anger and dread

What has been created
In this world of ours?
Rules so antiquated
We’re wilting like flowers

We’re seeking to be nourished
And valued with love
If you blame us and shame us
We’ll return to the dust

We were created and born
With love – it is true
Now society is asking
What can we do?

Feel into your hearts
And show us the way
If i were your child
What would you say?

The anger’s been expressed
Not pretty – it’s true
And how you respond
Will affect what’s to ensue

You can blame us
And arraign us
And charge us
With crimes

You can create
A story about our characters
Or write a poem that rhymes

Or you can be honest
And recognize – our anger
Comes from fear

And the antidote to fear
Is its opposite
Change gear

In our experience of duality
The pendulum swings side to side
Fear swings to love
Bring love alive

Love and compassion
Are the answers to all
When life is chaotic
It is time to recall

When did you feel helpless
Holding anger within?
How did you express it
And what response did you win?

What we witness is truly
Just an aspect of ourselves
We hold the answers
They’re there for the one who delves

You who choose to delve deeply, deeply within
Will have the answers from experience
Akashic records hold them

If you cannot remember
Then there are those to help you find
Often the answer is to simply rewind

Rewind, look back
To our history, our lives
What did we learn?
How did we survive?

The anger was within
The opportunity is here
Let the new world begin
It is time to change gear


gagi     TBL

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To Vote

To Vote

If i were asked to vote today
to which politician would i sway?
Who has captured my trust and my vote?
Who has inspired me? Who do i quote?

Alas there’ve been few of the leaders today
who speak from the heart holding others at bay
So many criticize, accuse and then say
“We are the best – to the others vote nay”

Yet the people here truly understand
We are the people of this land
From sea to shining sea we stand
As one people we honour our land

So it is time to be rid of the politics of old
To the stances, positioning and even lies that are told
Let us be one with our energy and intent
Let us ask the questions – for this election, what is meant?

What issues are we facing?
What responsibility do we own?
What assets do we manage?
What future will we clone?

Each of us is responsible
for the choices that we make
As we live our daily lives
As we give and as we take

So dream now of the future
What can we preserve and enhance?
What can be the perfect land
upon which all life can dance?

Listen to our indigenous people
And to our elders too
Waste not, want not
Does it apply to you?

What can we give from our day to day
to others who are in need?
What changes in the way we live
will grow a future we want to seed?

What if every message we texted
was of beauty and gratitude?
What if we spent our time creating
in this election time interlude?

If the media gifts the politicians
a place to act each day
like part of a soap opera/reality show
what purpose will it play?

The reality we live is what we give
our energy and attention to
And its time to expose and finally close
What is out of integrity – nay to those!

A candidate’s experience was once a must
Now inner guidance is what we trust
Listen to the heart – it is connected to all
Shut out the head talk – let it fall

Political parties please listen to us
You’re on the wrong side of the equation –
Negative not plus

We have an opportunity presenting here
to shift our way of living
to a brand new gear

Open the throttle and open the heart
Cast out the past and with
New Vision now start

How can we model
for the rest of the world
from the fetal position
we’re about to uncurl?

Ask your children –
the little ones too
Ask your elders –
“What’s important to you?”

Listen and learn
and from that discern
Revisit the past?
Or to a New Way turn?

Step up those who know
and speak from your hearts
Seek out the candidates
who are willing new sparks

It’s an exciting new time
with great potential too
So seek now within
and live the new you

Across this country, let us now
stand hand in hand
and turn out to vote
as guardians of this land


gagi     TBL