A moment from the lips

A bad choice made, impulsively,
leads to humiliation, publically,
despite the knowledge that you are still
incomplete
yet to experience much.

Your behaviour, which belies your age, perhaps
is a true measure of maturity and sense,
so I make an n.b, p.s, or post-it note reminder to me:
'here are young dreams, tread softly'.

After 'Tell all the Truth'

Hear all the Truth but hear it slant --

Belief in Honesty lies

Too opaque for your tripping tongue

The words you say surprise

As Rain to the Windows lashed

With cruel description flawed

The Words must crash Violently

And any false One be outlawed --

Game

Too close to Nov 11th, this:
immersive surround sound,
hyper-real graphics of guns,
naturalistic narratives,
all devised, he tells me, to engage.
Better, he says, than real life.
In a real war, she says,
you would not last.

Some angels would do better
without even one halo.

danger

ideas fly around;
fireworks outside reflect
connections being made in mind.
One remains: critical.