i stand for what i am,
and i do so with respect!
dignity demands…
i see others for who they are,
that i accept them for who they are,
and do so with respect!
dignity demands…
that i live freedom and equality,
bound by no man nor creed,
and that i live with respect.
dignity demands…
that i do this job,
of living and giving well…
knowing respect brings respect!
dignity demands…
for this spirit to step free,and remember who it ‘is’…we borrow urns for the journey,but urns are not the journey.and pots made of clay,cannot hold oceans forever.the dance of death,smells of womb, and depth…the hidden name,sets paper walls ablaze.the kiss of death’s lips,turns great trees toward winter.leaving stains in the snow…ah, but more snow will…
i could say i’m not like you,but you’d shine a light into my dark!we take without thinkingabout the scars we leave behind.make judgements without blinking,the walking deaf and blind.and the sound of the heartshakes the ground.hunger burns, the sea churns,and babies drown.you pray to God,but your prayers fall amid the furor.in the temple of the…
i just keep walking!
yea, it’s hard down in the projects.it’s hard down on factory row too.and it’s hard out in themfruit and vegetable picking fields!it’s hard in the unemployment line!cant nobody pay the rent…and the rich man keeps laughing,selling us out for profit,selling our souls and our dreams!IT HAS TO STOP!
where my heartused to be….does it taste like you?smell faintly of your perfume?does it remind youof someone you used to know?we are what we bleedin the end…. my face is ashen,my thoughts burn like acid!i left my soul inside you,dried fluids clinging to your lips….the arch of your back,my destiny, and redemption!
i entered your mother with fevered passion,you were the grandmother knitting outside.i killed your son in battle,you buried my wife in an unmarked grave.you baptized me in the river,i lit the fire when you were martyred.you went to sea in search of a new land,i sat in my tepee waiting for death.you slew me with…
