laying down their techno-crap,
and picking up the dirty work
of restoring freedom…..
with firm resolve, though stripped
of the rights of free speech,
making a statement
by their committed presence!
showing the intelligence to question,
and the sight to see beyond
the moral indignity offered…
almost as if it were their future!
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who am i?
and tended your crops;who hoed the weedsin the hot summer sun.i am the man who cut your wood,sawed it into stacks,preparing for the coming winter.i am the carpenterwho built your home;with boards of flesh,and nails made of blood and tears.i am the infidelwho brought you a holy candle,and made love to youwhile it burned down.who…
i took a long walk with Jesus
listening, just listening, to every word.when we came to the placewhere the road forked,He smiled… and gave mea match, a candle, and a rusted nail.this road often empty,i have come to know…the voices of stillness,and the sound of the waterbreaking over the rocks.when the darkness swallows me,i stop, and light the candle,rolling the nail in…
the burning bush…
an unknown planetwhere life does exist….a butterfly in winter,the Red Sea divided.the mother of Godat the community center!heal the sick!help the poor!stop all wars!set free all thoseimprisoned wrongly!house the homeless!be a father/motherto the orphaned child….stand arm to armin the face of prejudice….all this, and more…and i still cant touchyour heart….
strong harsh words,
by a big hammer….truth tears at the fleshof the lie and the liar!things arent pretty anymore.hurt is real!homeless is real!jobless is real!hunger is real!the streets are real!prison is real!prejudice, oppression,hatred, violence….people used, and thrown away!persecution… over religion,over sexual choice,over political viewpoints….wars fought over oil fields,riot squads beating peaceful protestors…women losing the rightsto their own bodies….lonliness,…
rainwater standing
‘neath old cars….tainted with oil!a snapshot of freedomin today’s America…silently shouting,falling on deaf ears!
turn down the music…
that cannot be played!