women blink, fifty,

there are people hungry everywhere,do you care? do you care?gunshots, bomb drops,thunder splits the sky.preacher on the tv,says you’re gonna die.patriots, deviants,doors ripped off the hinge.children eating fathers,freedom on the fringe!equality, dignity,slam the prison doors.bodies in the ditch,aint nobody keeping score.nuclear rain, cocaine,oceans full of oil.god died, the president lied,coming to a boil.there are people…

for they fear the mindthey cannot confine!in the shallow sicknessof their own concepts,they label as right and wrong,that which is simply life.and would cut off the handthat touches the wind!

to be used against me…then, so be it.testify!the lie will alwaysbe the lie,and truth, alwaysthe truth.the sins of mankind fester,and stink beneath their cover.money does not justify,privilege does not ordain.the masks of prejudice,apathy, and hatred,have fallen in the storm.false gods crumble,and are swept to the side.a new day is coming.the spirit redeems the flesh.you can…

people in this worldredemption isa bowl of rice,and a tent that doesnt leak…what do you believe in?what do you hope for?do you believe enoughto make an effort?a bowl of rice,and a tent that doesnt leak!

the night sky….starving for starlight,or the hint of a moon.my teeth,razors on the path,devouring the fleshof my dreams.my feet,the soldiers of destiny;life wrapped in life…wearing the bruises,the welts and the pus,like ribbons givenfor the price of my being!my spirit,the light of the dawn,of determination and forgiveness…forgiving myself, and all othersas if just me!

so easy to turnyour face and walk away?so easy to close your eyeswhen someone is hurting?so easy to take what you canirregardless of anyone else?so easy to kill?to destroy?to steal?to lash out?to run when you could stand?what are you afraid of?and why?what are you running from?the stranger in the mirror!