blackbird fallen;

and you keep turning and looking behind you,as if afraid something is catching up.those who would sell salvation by barker or vendor,yet hurry inside when darkness falls.who bear the cross of condemnation,proudly for the world to see….i wish you well may peace find you.i look not to yonder shore,nor speak with words that ply.i will…

but i carry with metiny slivers of hearts,many colored splotchesof cloth woven into a blanketthat warms me against the cold.my feet are worn… my eyes near blind…but i see with the eyesof small childrentoo alive to denythe magic in each moment….i breathe with the breathof human hungering….for what cannot be contained….my heart beats with the…

rise up and shoutto meet the day….how can we do anything less?the trees join handsin bare limbed prayer,the clouds wink,and shed a tear!the grasses swell in harmonious praise,and the wind comes whispering home.the earth embraces the fire and the ash….how can we do anything less?

end poverty with slavery,execute justice with your prisons,end prejudice by not looking…protect freedom of speech with oppression,teach the truth with closed minds,and fill the plates of the hungrywith nuclear threats…i say,‘Liar! ‘

and the hope that allows usto bring children into the world!cannot be defined by color,nationality, religion, or sex…cannot be regulated by class,cannot be different for thosewho have and those who have not…cannot allow poverty,cannot allow hunger,cannot allow oppression…to continue!must be worked for…everyone has a part,everyone has a responsibility.respect,dignity,hard work,sharing of needs…we are destined to be…

the ‘need’ to possess.we strip our senseswith fake morality.we quench our fireswith our limited concepts.we wound our very lovewith the image we present.we defile our truthwith the lies we settle for…we choose fear over freedom,and so break our own wings!