Bless Tomorrow

 

Bless Tomorrow

by Charl Landsberg

Just for now, to catch your breath slowly;

I wish for you a better tomorrow morning.

An easy sunrise for you to dawn lazily,

from small dreams a peaceful awakening. 

A warm cup of coffee or tea;

before setting out to do your thing.

-o0o-

Off with the Pigs

A fleeting bite, insulting slight, to justice,

love, and reason,

did little right when old men, so white, prefer,

the lure of treason. 
Were you there when Hero's prayer in death,

soothed Claudio's tantrum?

When three to a man did Caliban assault,

his slaver's sanctum?

You speak returns and big concerns for old ways,

imagined past.

But a verdict's deign doesn't raise the slain where ground

with blood is cast.

Justice is needed. Justice deserved.

Justice is more than this platitude served.

Justice is here. Justice is now.

The pigs need to be sent home to the sow.

-o0o-

Aurora Redux

Whoo, that fairy gave everone a terrible fright.

Throwing curses born of hatred and spite.

That curse is gone, unsewn, a seed that will never find root,

I unknit her weave, and cast it to the wind, broken, moot.

But what of gifts, this is a celebration, yes?

So I give you a gift to uplift and bless.

The most simple of spells, a cantrip of light,

you can call upon when sad or in the dark of the night.

And I gift to you wisdom of heart of self and kin,

a compassion that sees to without and within,

a knowing love, a kind love, that doesn't lose sight,

of what's good in the world, what's true, what's right.

And the call is the third gift, a beckon to me,

that if you are in danger or sad or lonely,

say my name three times, give my ear a bend,

I'll be there as teacher, a confidant, friend.

-o0o-