I will cry for my mother till my eyes grow sore My father’s sister moved in the day after– she says her name is “second mummy”   Her body was only buried hours ago But her replacement sits here trying to fit into her shoes…

he watched over them his collection of robin eggs   blue and gray sometimes speckled a dozen eggs filled his heart   he didn’t know if they were fertilized but it’s not like he cared about all that   every morning he counted the eggs…

Pour down your thoughts dear Here are your swords- paper and pen Keep writing, have no fear! Pour down your thoughts dear Here is your world – a book Keeping imagining, in full gear! Pour down your thoughts dear Here is your teacher – the…

Mother Moon, shine Over me, and shine Over the world Never have you been So needed, for Hate is spreading fast And humanity is Dying, all Over; We won’t last. ~Mandy Kocsis©2020~

Heat shimmered at the treeline Like a veil of magic light Crickets chirped throughout the field As day faded into night The fireflies came out to play As stars scattered ‘cross the sky I sat down with my memories And looked up with a sigh…

O Pilot! O Pilot! Our mouths were screaming in fear As the deadly ocean waves came towards the ship It was as if some monster was blowing away the wind from its mouth A violent, gray, funnel-shaped cloud, rotating in contact with the ground… Alas!…

Tiger, tiger, fire blast! Pine tree, milky way, tree pine Where is the ghost hand that I saw Hands up, shout! There is no escape.

Oh Revolt! My Revolt!  Old America is dying And this voyage is about to come to an end.   Climate change Pandemic Economic collapse   Buried hate TVs and phones burn bright. Old ghosts can not rest.   Kids killed. Daddies killed. Mommies crying.  …

O tiger, the great tiger A fire and a flash Where are the trees And where is the forest For within the stars I’ve lost my way   Can you see the ghosts that haunt us? Can you feel them as they pass us by?…

She did not stay locked in the Cage made of gold For she herself was a bird With a heart of gold High was her flight Sharp was her sight Fierce like an eagle She flew up in the skies Infinite skies were her home…