The Entire World

Merry Christmas
To all
To Witness
The Power
And spectacular irony
Of the One
Who commands
The entire world
To celebrate the birth
Of the One
Who will condemn
The world

While Strolling The Yard

Tic toc tic toc
People always make a big deal
About someone on death row
Awaiting to be executed
Many believe that is inhumane
Regardless of how atrocious the crime is
Terminating someone's life
At a given time and place
So everyone knows including the criminal
Exactly when
The life will end

What if the law was changed
So that everyone but the subject
Knows the time and place
Of the execution?
And it was to occur without any type of harbinger
A bullet shot through the head
While strolling the yard
Would that be more acceptable?

Perhaps
At least that will make the prisoner
Live the life he or she has
However long it may be
No different from
Anyone else
Not on death row

Why The Universe Is So Big

If you ask ten people

To lay tiles on the floor

You will get ten different degrees of perfection

From worst with tiles misaligned in all directions

To best with all tiles in perfect lines

Suppose all ten are equally intelligent

Then what is the difference?

The difference is the degree of laziness

Lack of motivation

Lack of patience

And indifference

It is not that anyone cannot do a perfect job

But some people just do not want to do it

Unless there is some reward

Or punishment

Without any incentive

It is lifelong mediocrity

In anything and everything

Just enough to get by

The problem occurs

When such people encounter

Those that demand perfection

And they do not understand why

Why perfection is demanded

Just as they do not understand

Why the universe is so big

Even For Those

If there was no greed
There would be no poor

If there was no crime
There would be no punishment

If there was no sickness
There would be no pain

If there was no hate
There would be no wars

But there are all those
And so much more

Evil in this world

If there is no God
There would be no salvation

Even for those
Who are not evil

Hoping To Reach West

It is the right thing to do
Often people say
And indeed they do
What they think is right

But more often than not
What they think is right
Is not the right thing

Ironically

In fact
Much of what people think is right
Cannot be further from the truth

Because the truth
Is not something that can be realized
Without direction

A ship heading south
Cannot reach west
Unless it changes direction

And south
Is where most people are headed
Hoping to reach west