every step a choice,
nothing to go back to…
we stand on the brink,
a people without a land.
you and i no different,
even the taste much the same.
the leaves on the tree have fallen.
paying the cost of the lash,
the wheels mired in mud.
even our prayers cant lie anymore…
America, America,
do you recognize your face?
your children weep,
your father’s graves long lost.
only the back, the hands,
and the hearts remain…
is it really too late to believe?
by design…self immoliationsby candle light.intimate Gethsemenes,crosses that smell familiar.bodies left silentby unmarked roads.small furry animalskilled by cars in the night.yet i stand by your window,with unrestrained eyes…hands opening and closing,drool on my chin.watching you sweep the floor,of any last trace.naming the demonsthat stole the night!
in variant forms expounding,in a thousand blades of grass.in the block long laid in the factory building,vacant but for ghosts of unnamed families fed.in the boat too long stuck in sand,in the dirge darkness of the mine.in the rabbit turd, the chattering squirrel,in cattle feeding awaiting death.in the sterile stink of the hospital,in the bedpan,…
of your perfume for too long.my body aches from sleeping on rocks,and my feet no longer have a vision!the wind whips between these ancient trees,that smile with the silent ache of longing.and this small fire i’ve built is just that,i leave no trace or thought.and the stars that crumble to dustin my hands already know,only…
frail egos brokenin morning sunlit pieces.of such is life…hands made of fleshbuilding hearts.storms come unannounced,and forever shattered.the rain soaks the embers,a thin wisp of smoke.stirred by the stick of time,praying for flame.are we then fire,or just smoke?smalls branches clingingto the tree…lightning in the distance,or hearts made of thunder?buds on the broken branch,or the fleeting instantof…
dont let them go back to work!dont give them back their dignity,their self respect, their abilityto feed their families…dont let them feel like human beings again….why, if they get all of that,they may want the rest of their rights….they may want to act like they’re free!gotta keep them under your thumbs,keep them beaten down….gotta think…
it is neither liberal nor conservative….not bound by capitalistic values,it is not served at gunpointto those with differing views…it is all colors, all faiths,openminded and intelligent,beyond all political views;places human need in front of profit,and celebrates diversity!it is the basic rightof the living to fully live!
