we killed a man

dangling o’erthe cliff…infinity stretchedbeneath them…just out of reach.two lovers,or maybe onesoul unwrappinginto all its forms!

across miles of desert….from day unto night…through sun through rain,through hail, through snow…i am returning!empty chains and shacklesleft by the door….the only burden be desire….the only truth that remainswrapped in flesh and sweat….step by step, moment by moment,redemption, and breath…i am returning… wave upon wave..to lap at your feet!

books of color and richness,turning brown, waiting on sleep.the sea of hungry human faces,reaching out through the darkness…books of color and richness,turning brown, waiting on sleep.the souls of the wearyfall like tiny flakes of snowcovering the stillness with hope….for a new spring,new books of color and richness….from the seeds of memoryof those that have gone…

bodies without heads,strewn in the sand.the taste of gunpowderon my lips.i bow, but cannot pray!the sound of the oil rigs,the coarse rhythm of greed.take and destroy, take and fulfill!the cry of sea life,the gurgling choke,soon to be the childrenof flaccid men.buildings like bodies,stripped empty and bare.the memories smellof life that once was.empty, and pulsing,with the…

stroking his beard….god is the experience of hands joining,the miracle of birth and death,which are brother and sister….the gift of loss, the freedom birthed in suffering,the simple caring, the raw beauty of the common,and the echo of our own heartbeatsin all living beings!

that has driven my generationto own that which should neverbe owned by anyone…by the self-centered hungerthat has driven us to consume,without thought of ever putting back.by the blindness and fearof our prejudicial morality…by the excuses we’ve lefton our children’s plate!