when the darkness is so deep

in greed’s slobbering mouths,the distant echo of flightto wings broken by apathy….darkness without being,the stranger lockedjust outside the door….waiting on the windto blow the shutter away….open the window,and name the stars….Buddha nature,present in all….sold much too cheaplyby feet that wont walk!

in the mouth,chased with a beer,and two ibuprofen…the arthritis easesuntil three, maybe four,in the morning.age silently aches,as if the heart and the bodyplay together on an empty corner,no change in the cup!but the mind still remembers…smells, feelings, bulletproofand hungry, always hungry.dawns alone on a mountaintop,making love in the snow.fires, good fires,poets exchanging madness,and later, children…

when the fights at Wal-Martsduring black Friday rushes,received more news coveragethan the abuse of those protestingfor the rights of America’s workers….a sad statement…..enough said!

Christian church?would He choose to be American?or would He walk the starving roads of Africa?would He flee with the women and childrenin the countries bombed?would He be a political force,or a political dissident?would He be a capitalist, a socialist, or an anarchist?would He self immoliate with the Tibetan monksin the name of freedom?would He carry…

in Egypt….how hard it is to takefreedom back once they take hold?can we not see the value,the right to vote and be counted,the right to speak and be heard,even at the cost of lives?can we not seethat this battle is worldwide?to restore freedom and dignityto the human race!the basic rights of all peopleto work, to…

by greed, by intolerance…we have lost direction.and we are to blame.we can go to the moon,build great buildings, cross oceans,talk to people around the world via the web…yet we cannot stop hunger,cannot eradicate poverty,cannot provide shelter and medical careto the masses…come on!we are led by insensitive wealthy people,who sell our souls and bodiesfor nickels and…