Burn me down,

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…

for a while.and i think there’s another step!the bare limbed tree in winter,frozen branches, no signof life.and yet beneath the surface,life is forming, having been lost,begins again!perfect stillness.no need for going,or arriving … you’realready there!all that is lifeis present.what you seek foryou already are!take off your shoes,lay down your pack,and embrace each breath.the tides come…

Amendment One passed…‘so, what do you do now? ‘‘i dont know… dont know whetheri’m more saddened or angry. andi dont want to be either.’‘why do you think it passed? ‘‘i dont know if the majorityof people here are afraid ofpeople like me, or they justhate me. for what i believe,for my lifestyle, for whomeveri choose…

patriot lies, god dies,unmarked graves in a field.the addict weeps, cold hard streets,poverty has a heavy hand.discrimination, salvation,leaving footprints where we stand.single mothers, live for another,food stamps and minimum wage.desperate young men, without a friend,commit acts of senseless rage.the prisons turn, the money earned,fills the bellies of greed.children taught to kill, against their will,to survive,…

hatred…it begins within,and spreads outto all that’s aroundhim….a cancerinflicted bythe self onthe self….for which theworld pays!

the moss.compassion,eyes knowingthe self.self,illusion, force,nut’s taste!bodhissatva,man finallybecoming human.bodhissatva,man finallybecoming god.god,box canthold fire!god,fire, match,twigs, ashes.peacemaker,family foundfirst inside.buddha,wind’s beginning,beginning’s end!suffering,soul’s cryfor search.path,no map,no destination.race,color cantchange blood!reaching,for you,breaking windows!