by Charles Frederickson
Mother Universe grieving lost sons
Eerie cries bewailing inconsolable sadness
Dispirited global despondency thickly veiled
Outlandish hooded ghosts graceless saviors
Wrathful demigods committing mortal sins
Double talk gibberish forked tongues
Unanswered prayers divine intervention denials
Adverse kismet misfortune fatal kiss-off
Netherworld impulses brotherhood of hate
Unholy outsiders bent on revenge
Twisted vines mourning glory shrivel
Purple heart funnels trumpeting taps
Hard to imagine why wherefores
Mothers are supposed to outlive
Firstborn heir apparent survivor guilt
Sinking quicksand no footprints left
We all must learn how
To love other people’s children as our
As our own sharing commonplace
Lonely planet
demonstrating
heartfelt compassion
Dr. Charles Frederickson is a Swedish-American-Thai pragmatic optimist, idealistic visionary and heretical believer who has wandered intrepidly through 206 countries, an original sketch and poem for each presented on http://www.imagesof.8k.com/. This maverick e-gadfly is a member of World Poets Society, based in Greece, with 200+ poetry publication credits on 6 continents, such as: angelfire, Ascent Aspirations, Auckland Poetry, bc supernet, Blind Man’s Rainbow, Both Sides Now, Caveat Lector, Cordite Poetry Review, Dance to Death, Decanto, Eclipse, Flutter Magazine, Greatworks, Green Dove, Indite Circle, International Poet, Listen & Be Heard, Living Poets, Madpoetry, Melange, Newtopia, Planet Authority, Poetisphere, Poetry Canada, Poetry of Scotland, Poetry Stop, Poets for Peace, Poetry Superhighway, Pyramid, Sage of Consciousness, Stellar Showcase, Subtle Tea, Sz, The Smoking Poet, T-zero, Ya’Sou! Ygdrasil, Zafusy.