Toothless Diplomacy

Coercive diplomacy sans military might

Can never generate intended fright,

A toothless mouth

Can only shout,
What use a threat if you cannot bite?

Knowledge

The more you know,
The less you know,
You know.

Bureaucracy

Bureaucracy is designed

To enable

Extraordinary individuals

To deliver

Ordinary results

Far And Near

Though we are physically far and apart

I am in you and you beat in my heart

Our whispers of love we can clearly hear

But not the words of those who are near

A Wound Too Deep

There is nothing left of me my friend

But a battered and shattered heart that bleeds

Many a wound it had borne with strength

But this last one was just too deep

Come To Me

Come drop into my arms,

Shedding all your fears,
Cry much as you want,

I'll wipe away the tears,

Drink them off your cheek,

Eye and trembling lip,
Hold you as you slip

Into deep, blissful sleep.

Looking And Being

Many you will find in each nook

Who look better than they are;

Who are better than they look

Spot you will only few and afar