These people walk(although they’re dead)
These people talk(although they’re dead)
These people cadaverously go through the appearances of
being alive(although they’re dead)
These patterns fight(although they’re dead)
These machines bury their dead(even as they themselves are dead)
These machines function(with cause-and-effect robotic mechanicalness)
These machines move(with cause-and-effect robotic mechanicalness)
These machines calculate and measure(with cause-and-effect mechanicalness)
These marionettes agree(with cause-and-effect mechanicalness)
These machines salute,march,bow,dance,and kill(with cause-and-effect mechanicalness)
These numerous fears function(through and “as” time)
These habitual mental labels function(through and “as” time)
These endless desires function(through and “as” time)
These absorbed ideas function(through and “as” time)
These cognitive symbols function(through and “as” time)
These few people of heartfelt caring(make an infinite difference over,in,and above time)
These short moments beyond fragmentation(may hint at something beyond the limitations of time)
These suggestive movements beyond the norm(might break through the prison bars of time)
These movements outside of instilled beliefs(might break out of the cocoon of time)
These final fortunate endings of words(point to something superior to time)
These Halloween Days are full of manmade global horrors
(Shame on you. You looked!) … Photo by Thomas Peace c.2023
Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog 
Hi Tom
Thanks for your email & blog.
Although interesting reads I’m cutting back on the emails coming into my inbox as I receive soooo many from various people and organisations! Could I please ask you to Unsubscribe me… but thank you for all the blogs I’ve received & read. I couldn’t unsubscribe myself.
Best wishes Sue
On Thu, 26 Oct 2023, 12:23 Tom’s Nature-up-close Photography and
Sue, i looked and didn’t see you in my email stuff. You can simply, with WordPress, click on the Reader icon at the upper left corner… and then go to “Manage”. There you can easily cancel getting emails from people you follow. It is easy to do. I hope that this helps. 😊
Yes, Halloween and leading up to it is pretty frightful just turning on the radio or TV news anymore … I hope as we head into November and the holiday season, we will have more peaceful times. I enjoyed your pictures – they put a smile on my face Tom!
Yes, Linda, we don’t need a Halloween movie to really scare us these days… the news on television is much more frightening. What a world human beings have created! Be an oasis in all of the insanity! 😉
I am sad to live in such a world Tom. I like your parting line: “Be an oasis in all of the insanity.”
Wow!!! Happy Halloween!
Yes, Happy Halloween, Ellen! 😊 If you want to be frightened, just put on the news.
The sad thing is that due to the scariness of daily news ‘we’ are watching it less, which is understandable. But don’t we need to stay tuned in so we don’t deny and dull the ongoing atrocities, although we may need to?
Your posts always make me think and feel Tom 🙏🏼
I often watch the news, Margaret. It’s insane in the world these days. But do remember there are also good, caring people out there too.
Oh, yes, so really apt comment. All that is going on, one horrendous outrage after the other. 🙏🏽
Manmade global horrors…the walking dead! But thanks to the empowering positivity that you exude Tom, there remains hope. By the way, I simply love those creative and humorous photos you shared my friend! 😘🎃🤣 Continue to remain encouraged! 😍💖😊
Those are creepy funny, Tom.