with every step…
journeying inward
in the search for
where we began…
or perhaps where we end!
is there any difference?
other than the memories
of breaths shared,
steps taken together….
meeting as if by chance
at the crossroads….
walking together for a time.
of such is history…..
and the seeds that germinate
in the frozen ground waiting….
are but the bodies of our dreams….
change?
or just returning?
let me be poor until i die.let me be rich in my poverty…and feel every small wound,share every small sorrow,dance with every small joy…let me struggle with my brothersto find human simple dreams.let me feel companionship,both the good and the bad.and let me sleep with caring….let my hands get dirty,let my bowl be shared!
families carrying guns and Bibles,living on the street.rich man, well hid,cocktails made of blood and oil.tyranny, mass slavery,bodies buried, American soil.and the hands on the clockcrawl like justice spurned….tick tock, tick tock,mercy gives what mercy earns!
the name of freedom…we assure him that God ison his side.and he goes and kills andcommits atrocious acts ofviolence…and the defense contractsgrow, we secure more oil…the war machine feeds itself!this young man comes home to no job,no real future, limited benefits,and pretty much no help.and he has to try to sleep atnight, hearing the cries…
trade your bodies for a tent,leave your pride for the dead.forget the things you were taught,ball your fists and fight like hell.just remember you were there,when justice died and freedom fell!and the hands on the clockcrawl like justice spurned…..tick tock, tick tock,mercy gives what mercy earns!
the undressing of raindrops,and original sin!a thousand tiny deathsin your kiss and your touch,when more is less,too little’s too much!
a tiny locketthat you dontwear anymore…it holds the pictureof one candle burning…this road has been long,with ups and downs,winding, almost coming back…now diverges, into twoseperate roads unknown,with no way to turn back.by the necklace on the stand,two bands of gold…..an ashtray full of ashes….waiting on a map,choice, or chance….one heart, two souls!
