and bloodied by the night…
eyes that have seen,
the hard and the real,
no excuses, no regrets!
the man that stands,
naked to the world,
crying out in defiance…
carries the weighted path
of the choices he’s made…
walking, ever forward…
to meet the fray!
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you bomb…
of the world,with ignorant patriotic pride,taking what is notyours to take!you bomb…the poor children of America,with napalm poverty,taking what is notyours to take…you bomb…the children of the common,that stand in the wayof your excess,taking what is notyours to take…you have no conscience…so, you bomb!
injustice in Iran…
for two Americans heldwrongly… convictedon trumped up charges…and so by your choicesyou continue to spreadhatred and prejudicethroughout the world….Allah didnt ordain this!this is the work of men…men without vision,without compassion…men without dignity…who would be God!
what if in time
and lived for us again?would we change?would we stop?would we cling?would we touch?would we shed a tear?would we dance?would we give? …so, why didnt wethe first time?
i am nothing,nothing but the breezewalking through the trees.nothing but the caw of the crow,the echo of the mountains’ silence.nothing but the empty bowlheld by the hungry child.nothing but the dark face,the white hands,spoken in different languages.nothing but the blood,of the family killed by the bombs.nothing but the lonely terrorof the suicide just before dawn.nothing…
the thief in the alley
waiting for the lightsto go out…his lights went out a long time ago,or, maybe yesterday…no job, his family gone,no reason to be a man…anymore…the lights go out,he steps from the shadowswith a handful of pipe,smashing the skull ofunidentified footsteps…takes the money bag and runs…to the rush and the deadnessthat lets him forget!