The elu-
-sive blue
Jay’s great
As it flies away
To the sky above
Tag: Poetry
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Squirrels
It’s that time of year
Where squirrels scurry around
Looking for acorns
For the upcoming winter.
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19 Years Ago
Today is September 11th.
19 years ago today,
Our nation was attacked.
Four planes were hijacked.
Two crashed into the World Trade Center,
One in the Pentagon,
And one in the middle of the Pennsylvania woods.
It was a sad day.
Many lives were lost.
We must never forget those lives that were lost.
That was not all that was lost, however.
From that day onwards, we’ve been in perpetual warfare in the Middle East.
From drone strikes to on-the-ground operations,
Many people, civilians, soldiers, and combatants, alike, had lost their lives.
Countless lives had been lost since 9/11 across the world, and no one bats an eye.
It is sad to see,
But we must not forget the lives lost.
There’s a lot more that was lost since 9/11.
Tensions started to escalate all over the country.
From government to law enforcement to citizens to immigrants to even other countries,
Everyone started to distrust everyone.
What had briefly united Americans eventually drove us further apart,
And the wounds have not fully healed.
The effects from the response to 9/11 can be felt globally to this very day.
2020 marked the beginning of a new decade.
This year, on this very day, we have a choice moving forward.
If we truly want to make the world a better place,
It has to start with us.
Instead of fearing one another,
And viewing each other as enemies,
We need to look at each other as humans,
As neighbors,
As an extended family,
And we have to try to treat one another with empathy, compassion, and understanding.
That is how we can make this world a better place.
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Orange Sky
They woke up one day to smoke-filled sky.
The sky was so smoky it turned it shades of red and orange.
It was extremely eerie.
It seemed like a scene from a post-apocalyptic movie.
It look like the daylight sky you would see on Mars.
It was a sight to see.
I hope everyone in California and the West Coast will stay safe!
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Crossroads
2020 has been a crossroads for a great many things.
It’s been an intersection for a lot of hate and negativity.
Many words synonymous with negative can describe this year in a nutshell.
One word in particular is that it has seemed like literal Hell.
To some, this year has been really absurd.
To others, it’s been apocalyptic in nature.
Whatever the case though, we cannot let this year get us down.
We have to stay positive and be hopeful that things will get better.
If we want to improve the world, we have to take action and do so.
We, each and every one of us, need to make the world better if we want to see it better,
And we can do that.
It all starts at the local level.
Talk to people,
Get to know them,
And by doing that, you have the potential to reach the hearts and minds of many!
This year is a crossroads.
It is not just a crossroads of all the negative aspects of society,
But it is also a crossroads of the futures we want to see.
We have to decide from here what world we want to see.
If we want to see a just one, a fair one, a democratic one,
Then we have to strive for it,
And we have to put in the work.
All of us can do that,
No matter our skillset.
We all have the power to make the world great.
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The Sun’s Gone Dim And The Sky’s Turned Orange (Parody of “The Sun’s Gone Dim and The Sky’s Turned Black” by Johan Johansson)
Preface: So I came up with these parody lyrics for the song “The Sun’s Gone Dim and the Sky’s Turned Black” by Johan Johansson that relate to what is currently happening on the West Coast. There aren’t many lyrics to the song; just four lines. It is mostly an instrumental song. I will link the song below.
Ironically enough, this song was used in the trailer for the 2011 movie “Battle: Los Angeles,” which takes place in CA. California is also where the recent wildfires originated from.
Now, without further ado, here are the parody lyrics!
“The Sun’s Gone Dim and the Sky’s Turned Orange”
By Jaime David
The sun’s gone dim
And the sky’s turned orange.
The West Coast’s burnin’,
Twenty-twenty’s been so crap.
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Power To Change
You have the power to change.
If you see injustice in this world, you have the power to change it.
You have the power to stand up for what’s right.
You have the power to stand up for human life.
Human life is irreplaceable.
All life is irreplaceable.
Injustice is everywhere.
Pain and suffering is everywhere.
If you want to make the world better, you have the power to change the world.
You have the power to make the world a better place.
No matter who you are,
Where you are,
Or how old you are,
You have the power to change the world.
From a tweet to post,
To a YouTube or Tik Tok vid;
Whether it’s writing or drawings,
Sketches or murals,
Posters or poems,
Photos or convos
Whatever it may be,
You have the power to change the world!
Whatever your skills or talents may be,
Use them to the best of your ability,
And while doing it, try to show some compassion and empathy,
For empathy can go a long way, you see.
Empathy allows us to understand one another and what we believe.
It allows us to understand things we may not have experienced.
It allows us to see how we can be better individuals.
It allows us to be a better society.
Change is hard.
Change is difficult.
Change won’t come easy.
But if you want to make a difference,
You have to be persistent.
If you want to end injustice,
You need to understand what caused it.
It is never too late to get involved and make a change.
It is never too late to take a stand against hate.
To quote a poem called “Change” that I wrote in December 2019,
“Things change.
Plans change.
People change.
We all change.
Everyone changes.
Everything changes.
Change is all around us.
It surrounds us.
It’s all about us.
It allows us
To be who we’re truly meant to be
And allows for us to see
The people we truly want to be!”
We have the power to be the change we want to see.
To quote my poem “Perception,”
“It takes just one word
To change the perception of someone’s world.”
That is all it takes
To make the world
A better place.
You, fellow reader, have the power to change.
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I Only Have A Minute, Part Two (A Sequel to, and Inspired by, “I Only Have A Minute” by Dr. Benjamin E. Mays)
It’s not a lot of time
For me to say what’s on my mind,
So I must be very wise
To not stumble and lag behind.
This one little minute
May be the most historic.
If one single minute is all that I’ve been given,
It is up to me to make the most of it when the clock starts ticking.
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America, “The Greatest”
If they’re hungry, give them food.
If they’re homeless, give them shelter.
If they’re sick, give them good health.
If they’re poor, give them what they need.
In a country that claims to be “the greatest,”
There should not be hunger, homelessness, lack of healthcare, or poverty.
In America, however, that’s exactly the case.
Not only are there people without food, shelter, healthcare, or money,
But we dehumanize those people who are suffering.
That is very egregious.
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2020 So Far, In a Nutshell
First, there was the possibility of war with Iran.
No one knew if tensions between the two would result in conflict.
Then, the Australian wilderness was on fire.
It was intense.
Then, there was COVID-19.
Things were shutdown for months on end.
Then, places in the US started to reopen at different paces.
Some states have less cases, while others are increasing.
Then there was the death of George Floyd, which sparked protests all across the country.
There were even calls to defund, or even abolish, the police.
The response from the police was more brutality.
The effects of George Floyd’s death can be still felt a month later.
Now, there is the possibility of a bubonic plague outbreak.
There was a death in Mongolia, and recently Colorado.
There was even a squirrel who contracted the disease.
I am fearful how Trump and America would handle a bubonic plague outbreak.
They would be unprepared for something disastrous like that.
We can see how they are barely scraping by handling COVID-19.
Imagine how much worse it would be in America if there was an outbreak of the plague.
We’d all be fucked.