World gathers in preparation for festive holidays
Winter’s tears, birthing humanity’s crimson brooklets
YouTube view counts rise
Replaying life’s horrific everyday realities
Nuclear threats as breakfast accompaniment
Death tolls and atrocities
Delivered as bitesize memes, aside
Call of Duty, highlights
Inflation now a quarterly event, where
Only status quo tax brackets can be trusted to remain
Untampered
So many excuses for our collective societal degradation
Policing, villainised by those wishing for a socialist
Revolution
Only for crime rates to rocket and media
Too invested in radical politics, to make a connection
Now, government departments exist to clean
Human faeces from pavements
While our dog parks are kept spotless, testimony
To modernity’s priorities
and on, humanity’s cyclicality of woe, rolls on…
Yet all any of us, need
Is for just one thing, to be
Reason enough
To let us cope
With all we have to deal with
In our lives
Anything, any one thing
That’s all any of us need, just that one thing
To be, reason enough!
A pause, exists
Separated
From my rushed ambitions
and
those stagnated moments
of rest
Within this brief opportunity for clarity
at times, I glean enough wisdom to realise
all those small mercies I’ve been afforded
Then I take out that pen, in my mind
and begin to ink these words of gratitude
as oft, I’m too lost in my thoughts
lamenting my circumstances
rarely do I note, how truly lucky I am
Indeed, others are more fortunate than I
yet still, far more – I fear
will swap places with me in a heartbeat
This for me is reason enough
to scrape together one more smile
and luxuriate in one more breath
devoid of shuddering lungs
Grateful am I
for the small mercies
in my life
© L. B. Mek
December 2022
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- Comment from author about the poem: Firstly, let me apologise to anyone I may have offended or hurt with my words this year. Second, I'll thank everyone who gifted me their precious time to read or comment on any of my feeble efforts. Third, I'll thank everyone who chose to share their work on our beloved MPS, its been a privilege to read so many great works. I wish you all a peaceful and enriching festive season and a memorably invigorating New Year! Stay safe, hopefully see you all in two weeks ✌
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Superb write LBM.
So true, as wonderful as world wide connections can be. It only magnifies the dark side of humanity. By the end of the year we need as many uplifting festivities as possible.
JP
indeed
without finishing lines and new beginnings
traversing life would be even more gruelling...
Happy New Year dear cherished Poet
keep that mighty pen striving, one line at a time
thank you!
I really admire your writing skills ...
Good work always Mr. LB
Glad you enjoyed the read kind poet
thank you and Happy New Year!
I sit here awed by how you managed to cram so very much of 2022 in without spilling over the edges and down the back of my screen .... I do like you style sir Mek
and a healthy, contented and safe festive period to you & yours sir from Me 🙂
I sit here reading one of my first comments of 2023
and I too, am awed
at how grateful I feel every time I read your words Hyung
Happy New Year! dear Poet supreme
Dearest friend, you have captured the very essence of the world in which we exist today. I say exist, because we seem to have lost the way in which to live. To live is to find a reason for it, and in your gratitude you have done just that. It is always a privilege to read your words and benefit from your insight. You give me much to think about, and for that I thank you. Peace and love to you in this season.
just as your words and work, inspire me
dear cherished Poet, thank you
for gifting me such an affirming comment
I'll strive to someday be worthy
of your kind support, Happy New Year!
Dear friend you have shifted the focus to where in needs to be. We all should be grateful for the little things that we take for granted. A very nice write contrasting the bad with the good, on which you end. Not just at this time of year but all year long our focus could be on the wonderful things we have not coveting what others have, while neglecting their problems. Loved it.
Dear friend and cherished Poet
I agree with you, these sentiment of gratefulness
should be utilised all year round, I read and will try to heed
Happy New Year wise Poet, thank you!
So very true Mek, maybe we all can have those small mercies in life to be with us.
Andy
Amen!
Hope we do, thank you Andy
Happy New Year my friend
A hardhitting poem on todays's world, political, econoic, social situation, in an eloquent epic wow. Kudos!!
lol
I love your enthusiasm
thank you for your effusive words, kind Poet
Happy New Year!
A vivid presentation of life and the realization. Let us hope for the best.
Amen!
thank you and Happy New Year
in hope we entrust, dear Poet
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