a falling star

tree,newborn child,dying old man,fire in a clearing,moonlight reflected through a window….the prisoner,a vagrant man,the immigrant crossing the border….the young woman giving birth,starlight on wet grasses,the prisoner walkingto his own execution….an agnostic,a heretic,and a pilgrim….a child of god,a child of darkness….which am i?if not all!

of freedom?does capitalism have its ownsavior, complete with cross and grave?in the name of security,we take human rights…now the truth becomes a threat.bodies bought and sold, sacrificed to wars,bodies without faces!and freedom well armed and lusty,kills justice and equality in the shadows!

wipes the sweatfrom my forehead…or perhaps it’s only the windthat i have come to know…the mountains i climbednow look like foothills….the tips of my wings charredand dredged through oil.the dreams i held,dreams of flesh and spirit,now blow like dustinto the darkness of night.and the taste of bloodnow need be nothing more….the river i felt inside…

one child cant afford to go to school….as long as there are unemployment lines,as long as there are vacant houses,and homeless families.as long as our sons and daughtersare sacrificed to the gods of war.as long as our elderly cant get medical care.as long as they burn and ban books,as long as one is censored for…

walls trembling with hungry fear.tv’s in a bare room,gotta come down soon,or go find the cure.baby’s crying hungry,you aint got the money,there’s bruises on your face.steal a car, rob a store,got nothing left to live for,disappear without a trace.stamp the numbers on your head.you’re just one of the living dead.one of the tears that Jesus…

black robes, dialogue,swords arrogant drawn…wisdom though,validated by experience,cannot be measured,but knows enough tokeep the sword in the sheath!