FOR THESE REASONS

FOR THESE REASONS

Ricardo Antonio Garcia

What is a Warrior?

Fighting for Country, Liberty or God

he transcends

his blade in a merciless path of death

leading his troops to victory.

How we pride the men

led by an intelligent General

who has left our lives intact

or just by chance

as we walk the walkway to our house.

Articulation matters not

for the sustenance in our miracle

is the seconds and the hours

we had chosen to discriminate ourselves

when death comes so near.

What is a Poet for God?

Not to become one who knocks on doors

we all internalize the height

by how we measure ourselves on earth.

If Love is truly the gift that aligns

than the Wars syndrome

changes us and what we believe.

Shakespearean plays belied

theses hidden and political messages

for speaking in the first place

ended with a tragic consequence.

Shall we all speak with a 2nd or 3rd tongue

as the incubus of our sanities

protect personal protections against thoughts?

Will we become better writers

in our obscurities?

The flax of the abstract endures daily

as we consume or discharge

the allegations

against others in their controlling ears

Some will even have you killed

for the tide of jealous minds construes

and becomes a torturous tool.

Every constanance, and every word

is valued or devalued by the heresy of mind

and though unkind

it is the most unjust elimination of mankind.

I, as a Poet will continue to score

against wave and tragic circumstance

to benefit

the Soul eager to maintain its drift.

To spend a lifetime in the magic of words

we spend less time learning

for we compromise the lesser things

bypassing the beautiful ambiance

of our existence.

For these reasons- I love God …

For these reasons- I truly love my wife …