beaten, terrorized,
loaded like cattle
and taken away.
while on the stage,
the puppets turn,
voices piped in from afar….
the homeless family
breaks in a vacant house….
the children hushed and
huddling for warmth….
lights from a passing car,
on the sign, foreclosed!
food scraps taken from the trash,
a dog barking down the street.
pepper spray, batons, a blanket….
and a gas station closed….
even the pumps have names!
the taste of chocolate,the residue of gunpowder.i am the delicious sin,and the goal achieved.the dead sparrow’s wings,the goat chained to the house.i am the drunken dance,blowing off steam.i am the baby buriedin the grandparents’ yard.i am the worker laid off,after forty years.i am potatoes spreadon the cellar floor.i am the softest partof your inner thigh,i…
The Elders…On the muted criesOf the children.On the screams of the women,Raped, and butchered.On the hides of the buffalo,The wings of the crows…Cannot speak, but for grieving.Cannot pray, but for blood.Cannot breathe, but for the wind…Calling, for redemption!
the small child understandsthe language of sparrows.tiny snowflakes shout,even the snail leaves a trace.the rough touch of the cat’s tongue,speaks of history and hope.yet we go mourning,unable to see or to hear.we rinse our mouths,to get rid of the taste.we crucify flowers,in the name of beauty.but the blood on our hands,has the scent of our…
because we are fed the propagandaof the elite, who use the bodiesof our young men and women tomake change!because we have been numbed byignorance, and have been led likesheep to the slaughter…because we are afraid to take onthe responsibility of being human!because by our indifference we allowourselves to be!
walking home from work.the plowed field just planted,at the feet of sun and rain.the simple house built by hand,lifetimes written into the walls.the last touch, the last kiss,the moment never forgotten….hearts wrapped in hearts,live and die as one…one set of footprints,one name on the stone.one set of wings,one fire, one clap of thunder.two words spoken,…
