when dialogue stops,

kneeling before tofu altarsof your own conveniencebut what you search forhas never been lost!cant be defined by rhetoric’s shape,cant be contained by names, sects, or creeds…& cant be bought with plastic card faith…what you search foris the spaceinside the shellthe place where the soundof the oceanabides in stillnessyou are that shell!what you search foris already…

our own national parksused as collateralon loans from China!water rights to the Great Lakes,and other bodies of water here…sold to China!our jobs, Joe blue collar workingfamilies…. sold to China!our oil profiteer wars,financed by China!sleeping with the countrywith the worst human rights record,dancing with the devil!and now, our own police forcescommitting acts of violenceand oppression against…

in a thousand forms,is light not light?is not the water drippingfrom the faucet,the same water thatfills the ocean?is not night the darknessof the womb?be not the fallen leaf the budof another time?is not the old man just buried,the baby in the mother’s arms?is not the soldier that just fired,the child killed by the bombing?is not…

black robes, dialogue,swords arrogant drawn…wisdom though,validated by experience,cannot be measured,but knows enough tokeep the sword in the sheath!

and the heart stripped bare has no need to lie…the taste of your lips, the tears that i cant cry.with beaten hands and swords into plows;giving all that i am, more than i can do without.i’d trade eternity for one moment by your side…with your hand in mine and nothing left to hide.making love in…

skimming rocks across a lake,building kingdoms in the sand.do you hear what i’m hearing?do you feel the shudder, and the shake?do you lie sleepless in the night?do you walk barefoot into the darkness?are my words made of stone?of feathers? of dust?is my heart an open door,with no knob, no lock, no key?i cannot hold the…