i will not allow that.
i am not an ‘it’, or a statistic,
i am a man!
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you would harness the mules,
you would muzzle the dog,clip the wings of the hawk.you would cut the ancient oak,without thought or remorse.you would dam the river,and the consequences be damned.you would harness the sun,and enslave the wind….in the name of your god,to the beat of the drums.let the bones be your footprints,of the flesh make your boots.pluck the eyes…
there is a name on my tongue, be it yours?
a heart in my hands, will you take it?a candle by my bed, will you light it?an emptiness in my soul, will you fill it?a hunger in my spirit, will you feed me?if i be the lover, be thou the love?if just a man, will you love me?
that which we long for most…
naked souls sharing thoughtson the bridge to eternity.with all baggage left behind,nothing left but feet and desire.underneath the banner of doubt,we find long awaited faith.compadres walking side by side,if just for a forever moment.evolving and dissolvinginto the grain of another.lost children sharing lostness,find home in a holy instant.and leaving particlesof dust and self,are strengthened for…
we are an archaic,
would crucify Jesus again,and take Buddha’s outer kingdomover his inner one!we limit our conceptsod God and infinityto our own understanding,when that which createdthe cosmos lives withineach of us, withinthe tiniest insect,the branch soon to bud!enlightenment, the pile of dungyou just stepped in,knowing that you stepped in it!there need be no more!
redeem the time…
build it back, board by board,nail by nail, stone by stone,with honest human hands.seize the moment…all that we have,no tomorrow without today,no today withoutliving and giving!redeem the time…put a human face on your god…put a godly heart in your humanity!
silence is not quiet,
justice is not dormant,it moves.freedom is not a concept,it must be lived.equality is not hoped for,it is realized.love is not barter,it is given….the choice is not a choice,it is necessity!