on the good and the evil,
the wanted and unwanted,
on both the poor and the rich.
on the man, the woman, and the child,
the stray dog, and the empty field.
on the broken, the wounded,
and the sorrowful…
falling, without restraint!
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touching you again
making love in a churchon a weekday.sunlight sifting throughthe stained glass windowsthrowing colored shadowson the empty pews,the smell of burnt candlewax,closed hymnals.and stone silence.a cold brass offering platewaiting for your heart!
i was thinking about New Orleans,
now you dont know my name,you dont even know i tried.if you think you’re angry now,if you think you’ve lost it all….what you gonna dowhen the rent comes due,and i aint across the hall?you used to call me baby,i used to rock your world.work all day and love all night,you were my baby girl.but we…
they busted a young man,
of meat at the grocery store,and running…but they stole his chances…for a job, for an education,for today, and for tomorrow!now his wife and baby sit alonein a bare apartment with no electricity…they stole their hope!who’s guilty?
silence…
streets that dont speak,faces mechanically moving.hammers hung from belts,books closed, coffee brewing.the voices of need and passion,silent statements in flesh.god, or something more,understanding beyond conception.the hand extended,and boots laced tight.the flame of truth,flickers, stays strong.nothing more needs be said,than to live…unto!
gnarled and bent old limbs,cursed with fears inbred….where black folks hung for being black,and later, white folks for standing beside…‘holy’ hatreds spat, crackling in the fires;acts too horrid for the light of day,and the lonesome cry of the night,testifying against….now the hanging tree takes different forms…poverty, crack cocaine, trailer tub meth…young girls put out on…
dignity demands…
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…