without trying to change them,
without trying to make them conform,
without trying to make them a clone
of narrow perceptions….
walk with respect,
live from respect,
act out of respect…
dare to be silent,
to listen, and to learn!
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1900 poems…
in flesh,with all the scarsand bruises in plain sight…all the falling stars…the thunder that camewithout lightning,lightning that camewithout the rain…broken shovels, broken rakes,and a pen that betrayed…1900 nails in the bridge,1900 miles,1900 steps.1900 seats at the table,1900 dreams and desires!a small fire,we keep adding logs.strangers come and go,all wanting to get warm.passing out bowls of…
my ancestors walked barefoot,
danced in the firelight….played instruments made by hand,prayed to the god of wind and rain….made love in the moonlight….owned nothing, owned by no one….how far we have fallen,how long the journey home!
poverty and ignorance,
of those that would enslave.but when the pooreducate themselves,and become aware,the slaves demand freedom!
Labor Day….
and cant pay the rent…lost my benefits,lost my house,cant retire,now or ever…cotton mills, furniture factories,truck driving, house building…cant afford to fill up with gas.run down trailer,better grow your own food.dont get sick,cant go to the doctor.they’re bashing unions,cutting unemployment off.cant send your kid to school,cant afford to be buried…those people in Washington,and those on the…
i knelt down and talked
to get out of its box…in a low voice telling him,there’d come a time,there’d come a time!you smell good!we pass like familiar strangerswho’ve forgotten the wordsto the song…and the roar and the dinof the circus and its clownsdrowns out the silence!i turn, and take you witha glance, a thought, an inadvertenttouch…the cash register rings again!and…
listen!
something familiar!in every facesomething thatreminds you…in every flowerthat blooms.in every cloud,in every leafblowing in the wind.in every childthat’s born…in every old personthat you bury.in every manworking with his hands.in every womanraising her children.in every mountainstanding silent…in every riverflowing free…the song of living,the dance of darknessand light….the universe unfoldingin your hands!