Contagious Wellness – An Ongoing Awakening

Contagious Wellness

An Ongoing Awakening

Little Jonny developed severe paranoia
and now has a promising career
in military intelligence

Little Jonette was obsessed with spiders
and now has a promising career
as a corporate lawyer

Kowlijke is the playground bully
and spends sixteen hours every day
telling the world how wonderful she is.

duck, if you answer back.

and she’s exhausted
with troubling dreams
but there’s alcohol …
and the Teflon shrug

Ned the Neanderthal seeks out midgets
to exercise power
A fleeting sense of worth

but there’s alcohol

In every land
In every town
In every tribe
In all religions
they practice their ‘art’
to gather power
collecting subjects
bolstering illusions
trampling the weak

kindness is contagious

Yet we all have a choice
To be awake
nonconformist

creative
connected

conscious empathy
a contagious wellness