the full range of Jennifer Nettles voice …..

there are days …..
I feel like an extraterrestrial
that dwells in a human body
one made of
everyday
flesh and bone ~
I empathically feel
at times
the pain
of the world
~ its struggle to survive
~ its ups and downs
whatever the form
life may manifest itself
’cause of this ……
I feel the throes of
depression
throughout
my not more than average
and spiritual being ~
this is a burden
I feel
I must carry
to experience
and come to know life
the way I have
the way I do
life to its fullest extent ~
seemingly
I feel
all of it
kinda like a Heyoka
~ experiencing
the full range
of Jennifer Nettles
voice …….
when she’s signing
the song
“Tonight”

peace out ~

Dedicated to fellow Mystic – Geraldine Algeri

Words by ~Keith Alan Hamilton~

indeterminability of FSHD1

2016 Richmond VA Mararthon
The toll of FSHD on my arms and shoulder area is noticeable as I cross the finish line. 2023, I can only walk short distances with a cane.

not unlike
the indeterminability
of when one’s death
may occur
no assurance
can be
offered
for FSHD1
as far as a cure
nor can the gods
of medicine and science
give advisement
to those afflicted
how quickly
the body’s muscles
will waste away
as well as
the seemingly
not noticeable
~ chipping away
at the mobility ~
strength ~ energy ~
and psyche
of its victims
~ yet
devilishly making
them aware of
the work at hand
with chronic pain
and fatigue
as a constant reminder

just saying ….. ~peace out ~
Words by ~Keith Alan Hamilton~ (~KAH~)

FSHD1 ~ mutation

FSHD1 ~ mutation

a genetic disorder
the sealer of fate
at conception
seemingly
defiant in behavior
with a mind
of its own ~
besides
chronic pain
and fatigue
with no
known hope
of cure ~
it withers away
body and spirit
of the chosen victim
at this
indeterminable
pace
that robs
away
any small
comfort found
in a probable end

FSHD1 ~ mutation

just saying ….. ~peace out ~
Image and Words by ~Keith Alan Hamilton~ (~KAH~)

way up into the sky

I‘ve been around
here & there
~  nothing profound
just living & chilling
sort of nonchalantly
~   dreaming
but hopeful
for what’s next
beyond
drastically disruptive
earth change
no matter
what form it may
or may not take …..

we’ve gotta wonder
for the human-kind
to survive
we’ll need more
FREEDOM
as far as
MOBILITY  ~
especially so
the HUMAN-kind’s
ability to adapt
to the environmental
CHANGES
~  happening
around them  ~
some of HUMAN-kind
may have to fly
way up into the sky
~  dwelling on
different
type of ships
in outer space
~  traveling about
to and from
the various planets
and stars
far away from
the familiar
mother earth ship
they lived on   ~
called home
for so long

just saying …..
peace out

Words by  ~Keith Alan Hamilton~  (~KAH~)

truck on

I NOW walk 3 minutes
and my oxygen level
dips below
88%
holy fuck
the danger zone  …..
at 85%
you start along
the journey of brain damage
oh my   ~
how my mind wanders
to days gone by
when I was able to walk
18 miles
like nothing
for AFSP
and my team S.O.L.E.S.
“Surviving Our Losses
Experienced through Suicide”
yes  ~  at times
I’ve suffered with depression
and thought about
the big “S”
as this Peace Out
Social Activist
who can’t do the things
he used to  …….
on this day in June
the 4th
2022 in NYC
to all of those doing
the AFSP 18 mile walk
truck on my sisters
and brothers
I appreciate and love you ALL
dearly  ~  THANK YOU

just saying  ……
peace out

Words by   ~Keith Alan Hamilton~

long-termer humans

~Peace Out~

I’m regrettably
a long-termer
Lyme disease has had
a long lasting effect
it knocked me down  …..
and fights to keep me
from getting back up
condemned it seems
forever suffering
eternal punishment
on a hellish earth
~   doin’ its
dynamically natural
thang  …..
by way of
drastically
disruptive
earth CHANGE
as if others
and me
being DAMNED
ain’t enough
that COVID thingy
had to come along  …..
WTF a pandemic   ~
where it appears
no matter if
fully vaccinated
and boosted
not vaccinated
or somewhere in between
people are still getting
“The Virus”
in differing decrees
some again and again
others suffering
the effect from it
long term  …..
jeepers creepers
some of us long-termer’s
already suffering
eternal punishment
on a hellish earth
could also
undergo additional
long-lasting pain  ~
distress and hardship
from that Covid thingy
and whatever else
the impartial forces
of drastically
disruptive
earth CHANGE
dynamically
conjures up
through
the nature gods
to cast doom
on our HUMAN future

All Aboard ~
the next spacecraft
ready to depart
our temporary spaceship
called planet EARTH
so us ~
long-termer humans
quite possibly ~ may survive …..

as a peace ~ out social activist

just saying …….
peace out

Image and Words by   ~Keith Alan Hamilton~

not really so concerned

pro-lifer  ~  THEY say
what really
does a statement
like that mean   …..
as a peace out  ~
social activist
I wonder
does it mean the THEY
have a concern
for a life
beyond
the first breath
do the THEY
keep an eye
on the entire life
of a newborn …..
do the THEY
assure a life’s
continual well-being
or are the THEY
really pro-birthers
who force a woman
take away
her choice and rights
as to her
OWN BODY
and totally disregard
her life circumstances
at the time and thereafter
the birth of a life
do the THEY
really  ~  really care
about a life
especially
after being born …..
not the pro-birther’s
the THEY
cleverly disguised
as being
a not really
so concerned
pro-lifer   ~

just say …..
peace out

Words by   ~Keith Alan Hamilton~