Pussy Riot, Remember Us In Your Revolution

I've had just enough time to...   say a few calm words to Pussy Riot

 Noticed while taking a slow walk in the suburb of Munich

Dear Pussy Riot,

We respect your rights to speak

Will you respect our rights to preach?

We respect your freedom to think

Do you respect our freedom to be

Different as you are different?

In fighting for your rights

Do you step on our rights

Or does that not matter?

There are those that speak with gentle voices

Dream of a peaceful world

And toils to make it better

Believes anarchy is not the reason

Believes you should go free

Remember them in your revolution

Discarded Gloves, Where is the Respect in That?

I've had just enough time to...   sympathize with discarded gloves.

Taken of this pair of discarded glove on a boat in the West lake, Hangzhou China.

Used, Discarded

Reused, Discarded again

Where is the respect in that?

Like discarded gloves

On the dirty floor, felt like

Discarded gloves on the floor

Kept your hands clean, we did

Kept them warm in the cold

Protect your hands, we did

Protect them from the blows

Take the blows ourselves, we did

And we take on the woes

Now, we are worn

Lost our shine and colours from the weather

Dirty and soiled, disheveled and battered

And those hands we protect

Just threw us on the floor

Just threw us on the floor

Discarded gloves, where is the respect in that?

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I'd like to tell a little story
Thats been told time and time again
About the foolish men who chased me
My discarded men

They used to tell me they loved me
But I knew better than them
I'd find them looking around the corner
My discarded men

Eartha Kitt: My Discarded Men

Nature Has No Respect for the Monuments of Men

I've had just enough time to...   try to earn the respect of Nature and it is not impressed.

Taken outside a temple in Nepal of Men's imposing monument and its scan respect by Nature.

Nature has no respect for the monuments of men

Whether they be of Kings or Goddesses

It runs by its own rules and shall prevail

Even when it is overrun by men and their constructions

Do not lament the demise of nature and its destruction 

But lament instead the demise of men and their destruction 

For nature will still be here and prosper

When the last of men has long disappear

Nature as is its nature, patiently waits...

For the end of men to return to its true nature.