so much easier to see

by the highway…died this morning in his sleep.passing cars never even slowed down,and the mailman left another faceless bill.the meter reader stopped to read his meter,and the hands on the clockcontinued their crawl….yet the stray dog walked upon the porch and howled,and the trail of ants stopped to weep.the wind seemed to stop,for just a…

and lead us into thePromised Land…God, not even a white God,did not tell us to…slaughter the Native Americans,and take their lands by force!we are not the ‘chosen people’!we’re just people, peoplelike all other peoplearound the world!first, and foremost,we are citizens of the world.any blessing we have receivedcomes with the responsibilityto share it with the world…not…

mother dead…jobless, homeless….bathing in service stations,trying to keep the kidsin school….asked the little girlwhat she wanted most of all….‘to help underprivileged kids! ‘dammit… wake up!

i fled with many at Hiroshima,died again and again in the junglesof napalm Vietnam…i buried the scattered bonesof Native Americans,slain by the Bible’s swords.i rotted in a Chinese prison,where they tortured me with cattle prods.i marched the famines of Africa,weeping over the bodies of children.marching the sands of Iraq,the mountains of Afghanistan…but there is more!the…

When I kiss you,I taste paragraphs.When you talk,I hear pages turning.When you smile,You beam chapters.You…The library of my soul!

of a young woman sleeplesswaiting for daylightthe sound of church bells ringingnot too far awaythe sound of an old man dyingremembering how to praythe sound of two hearts breakinga thousand miles apartof the last tear a fallin’unseen in the darkthe sound of lifetimes wastedof a love that didnt lastthe sound of memories forgottenof a time…