heal the sick?
give solace to the lonely?
find housing for the homeless?
help save the rain forests?
help save mountains and rivers
for my children’s children?
stop the killing of whales?
the killing of women and children?
help eradicate prejudice?
stand for freedom and dignity?
bring hope to the hopeless?
well… will it?
what authenticates the giftis the giving!love is a trail of tiny sacrificesmade over small fires at nightto an unseen god.the word ‘god’ is a failure,much less the concept.we try to define the ocean,and cant contain the wave!prejudice, our greatest weakness,comes from the fear of seeingthe sameness in all the colorsof the rainbow.the Freedom Riders took…
that oppress and drive without conscience.we’ve been fed for years on a steady dietof lies, of half truths, of illusions.and now the walls of the false kingdomhave come tumbling down…we have been driven by fear to participatein their unholy wars… by misguided imagesof patriotism… by a graven image of what’sright and wring…and we’re not buying…
…in….your……own……..bed,what we have done,……and are doing,…to….planet……earth!
i ask your forgiveness.anyone that has harmed me inany way, on purpose or by chance,i forgive.a great way to start!
split my tongue with a razor,and burned my shoes.now i go howling,in half darkened rooms.drawn by the scent and the symphony,of red pulsing blood!you arched your back,and the curtains trembled.the vase full of water,fell on your pillow.i awoke from a dream,my lips dry and aching.moaned without thinking,the willow bent, and sure!who are we? the forgotten,the…
or a better world…but the universe within!and in so doing,make this worlda better place!
