POETRY AND OTHER STUFF

IN A WORLD UNRAVELED
©Patrick J. Simons 2026

We wander a landscape
Of drifting shadows,
Familiar faces
Go unrecognized,
Ghosts living in
Our own lives,
Searching for truth
In a maelstrom of
Chaos and confusion,
The air crackles with
Faint sounds of
Laughter and rage,
Stupidity reigns,
Dictating the rhythm
Of our lives,
Drowning under the
Weight of confusion,
Mountains of doubt
Cast shadows on
Dreams large and small,
The once blue sky now
Dark and forbidding,
Fractured hope,
Reminders of what
Has been lost,
In the quiet moments
When the world slows
We seek kindred spirits,
They too are lost in
A world unraveled,
We are all wandering
In search of connection,
Aware that even in
This disarray there
Exists a fragile beauty,
A reminder we are
Not alone in this
Web of uncertainty.

ILLUSION
© Patrick J. Simons 2024

The illusion of
Human supremacy
Is built on weak
And shifting sands,
Hubris born
Of self-deception,
We are but feathers
In the wind,
The universe will
Win in the end,
As it always does,
A thing believed
Does not become truth
Because it is believed,
It matters not how
Many believe
Or their sincerity,
Truth and reality
Will not be altered,
The human experience
On planet earth is but
A momentary flicker
On the time scale
Of a vast, dark and
Indifferent universe,
Belief will not save us,
One day humanity
Will join the countless
Creatures that have
Passed before,
A species driven
To extinction by
Reason overwhelmed
By illusion.