a heart in my hands, will you take it?
a candle by my bed, will you light it?
an emptiness in my soul, will you fill it?
a hunger in my spirit, will you feed me?
if i be the lover, be thou the love?
if just a man, will you love me?
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empty water buckets
the old house falling downlike a tree sheds its leaves.the chimney stands cold,almost roaring with silence…and there’s still a markerin the back yard where we buried the dog.love yellowed sheets,and maggots in the flour.spiders march on the outhouse walls.empty mason jars that remember green beans,a hoe, and a shovel with a broken handle.ghosts walk cobwebbed…
bumming around
sleeping under bridges,or just under…the night sky…working when icould find it.selling bloodwhen i couldnt!gather a little change,stop in a dinerfor a cup ofblack coffee…writing poemson napkinswith pencils…leaving them formy tip…unsigned, forgottenprayers, a forgottenman, a forgottentime!
i came from a generation
work, daylight to dawn,for everything we had.we grew our own food, wecut firewood, we workedwith our hands.we were taught to work…we built houses, bridges,paved roads… worked onfarms, worked in sawmills,worked in factories…whatever it took for foodand shelter…and if a neighbor got hurt,or sick, and couldnt work…we helped him and his familytill he could.those of us…
another baby
and nobody cares!
dont talk to me about Jesus,
and eat with Him…dont talk to me about patriotism,the only flag i allowis the one that burns.dont talk to me about freedom,bought with the bloodof Native Americans…Asians, Africans, Middle Eastern peoples,and renegade fugitive Irishmen.dont talk to me about equality,when you treat your women as possessions.dont talk to me about morality,dont even go there!dont talk to…
hands that were open,
eyes that saw and knew,without judging.ears that heard what was said,felt what was unsaid.heart that wrapped around darknesswithout needing light.a soul that preferred to be nameless,life remembered for its living.a moment in time, eternal…a spark of flame, then stillness.