Every Time I Hear The News

Every time I listen to the news

I hear something horrible

Today's tragedy

reminds me

to expect

needless grief

to expect

questionable realities

to expect

unwarranted fatalities

Every time I listen to the news

I am reminded that

we are not all humane

we are not all able to avoid the insane

we are not all able to remain free from pain

we are not all humane

Every time I listen to the news
I hear something horrible
Today's tragedy
reminds me
to expect
needless grief
to expect
questionable realities
to expect
unwarranted fatalities

When can I expect a change
when will the forecast be something strange
When will I hear of 
people without strife
People living life
people giving hope
people not selling dope
people adopting children and pets
people feeding the homeless and our vets
people sharing what little they may have
people helping people without expectation
Every time I hear the news

Ms. Varner

We know
it must end
but we are
still surprised
when the final
destination arrives

Beautiful spirits
leave our lives
seemingly in the
blink of an eye

Whether ill or not
the inevitable is
unexpected

Saddened by
a loss
of one whose
smile
comforted us

greatly missing
the personality
that readily greeted me

Wondrous laugh
great sense of humor
sly smile
stories and style

You will be missed
by your family
both blood and work
related

Dia de los Muertos

Passed away
No longer with us
Gone to a better place

No matter what
We use instead
The meaning it cannot replace


Passed away
No longer with us
Gone to a better place

Today's the day to
remember those who've
passed into this state

Passed away

No longer with us
Gone to a better place

Remember lives of those we've loved
Who cared for us as best they could

Remember lives of those to young
To have left us in the first place

Remember lives not just today
but always for you see

The memory is the
life legacy.

Haiku

Birth , death and rebirth

The beginning starts the end;

Born to die again.

Beginning and end

It cycles over again

for both me and you.

Rational minds think

suffering is sad but true.

Future's start soon ends.