have melted, into brown in time grown
brittle…
and so i hold your hand, without grasping
so hard as if to lose, yet knowing your
hand… every nuance, every mile, every
destiny come and gone… feeling every
trace of living as if a prayer…
listening to your hand as if to a hymn…
your hand and mine, we rock… the wind blows
in perfect rhythm, we wait… for a time,
and a time, with no need to hurry!
injustice on rampage,by the handsof a would be god!morality bartered,righteousness tainted.the system swallows,souls disappear!those that enforce,and those that send…above the law,without question or cost.justice defined by color,by possessions, by privilege.while poverty rapes,and despair sings in chorus.the backs bent neath the blow,the brows marked by the whip.the spirits marked by prisonsthat count dollars and change.while the…
it is most difficult to judge thereflection of ourselves!hate is merely love poisoned by fear…and fear, the bloody sword of ignorance!if we spent less time preaching aboutsuperficial morality, and more timeacting out of compassion, being awareboth of our own humanity, and thehumanity of all others….we would come much closer to being godly!
with angel’s wings and demon’s dreams,trying to rhyme the holy sound.into the depths of human need,far past the touch of grasp.the broken glass feel of the naked real,that doesnt have to ask!we forge our peace with weapons of war,our gods are never satisfied.swords converting, phallic spurting,deciding who lives and who dies.we drink the earth with…
searching for the light!
does freedom ever have a flag?do the starving really care?be love an orgasm and a ring?or the broom that sweeps the floor?whose footprints on the windows?whose fingers walk across the floor?why does truth smell like dumpsters?is it a crime to forget?is it easier to believe in God?or to wipe the blood from the small child’s…
old people sitting in the cold…babies born to babies,with nowhere to turn…young people living in cars.one war over, another begins!the price of oil goes up.meth labs, break ins,another business closing doors…the lies and the promisesbecome even more hollow….salvation, redemption, just plain survive!the buildings on fire,they just stand and watch!black skin, brown skin, white skin, all….indignant,…
