i never understood…

we are the names and the facesof the spirits that roam the night.we are the leaves that fellwith autumnal passion…we crumbled back into the dirt,and returned to our mother.we are the oaks cutto build the house.we are the saws, the hammers,and the nails.we are the water,and we are the well.we are the cup and the…

while gunpowder hangs from cobwebbed books,in which the pages of freedom are unnumbered.while justice faint as a wisp of smoke,curls just above the poor man’s reach.houses left empty except for ghosts,that have neither name nor memory.righteous indignation with pale white hands,that tremble as they pour the cup….ah, but the cup is cracked,and blood drips to…

yet were never apart.that never kissed,whose lips never parted.that never spoke,yet discovered language.that never woke,yet never slept!

keep your oil wet,blood stained fingersoff of my throat!i will not, by actions,or inaction, be a part,of that which furthers hungerand suffering to padthe pockets of greed.i will not kill for profit,will not march to the drum!i will not believe in your lie,nor wave your flag!i will not cast judgementswith prejudicial blows,i will not take…

mankind’s fearlashing out atthe heart of mankind….small minded thoughtsgoverning universal infinity….the failure to feeda hungry man’s hunger,bringing about the needto kill him!the blindness that keepsus from seeing ourselvesin each other…..the arrogant greed of the few,the inhumane answer….war…..never brings the intended result….war…..the profit machine,trading lives for control!war!the wrong choice,failure, and loss!war!

on the page,the cup chippedon the windowsill.wood stacked againstthe porch,the shadows on theempty swing.the kiss lost,and the ring.red dirt driedon the shovel,the old boots leftby the door.the creaking of thescreen door opening,the box tied andpacked away.hunger sap driedon novel sheets,the half smoked cigarettelying in the ashtray.the sound of the empty room,in that old house on…