if you can hear me

that consumes and names!living by hunger,fed my memory…and the scent of somethingfrom that faraway shore!stories written in ashes,the crackle and the smoke…winter, and stillness.but the light still burns,the room stark and empty!hand extended,naked, unashamed!calling forth the loverdressed in flesh and touch!breathe on me!softly blow the ashes….still fire beneath…waiting for embrace!

and a sense of helplessness…but there is hope in this,there is a distant light!when we wake up naked,and see the truth for what it is.when we look at our enemies,and see only friends!when we lay down our gods,and find the god presentin all that lives…when we find our differences to bethe fringe on the coat…

if you’ve never been homeless,how could you know?if you’ve never been sick,and couldnt get medical care,how could you know?if you’ve never hid in the nightwhile the bombs fell around you,how could you know?if you’ve never killed, orwanted to but didnt,how could you know?if you’ve never been abused,beaten, or taken advantage of,how could you know?if you’ve…

raw and honest, you get whatyou see… i’m not hidingin a shell.you’ll know me by the partsof you that you see reflectedin me… by the understandingbridge between us….for we are family.i dont pretend to knowall the answers… but i amsearching, moving forward.i make mistakes everyday,and i know i own them!i’m just a man… but thatin…

god on the laptop,satan on the phone.what we are, how near, how far,and things we dare know touch.recite prayers, let down your hair,when too little is too much.justice bartered, equality martyred,let religion opiate the mind.cant see or smell the guilt of blood,when you’re deaf and you’re blind.money talks, while poverty walks,and hatred buys a gun.anger…

………eyes,turned…..to…….October.. ……..hurt,fell on my….. November………heart,breaking the wall of self,into a thousand egg shell pieces….making me love you…….that much more!