Do You Love God?
do you love God?
do you love your neighbor?
do you hurt when he hurts?
do you feel need when he needs?
do you care enough to be involved?
do you believe all people are equal?
do you love yourself?
do you love God?
poem by Eric Cockrell
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Is It Then Yours?
do you hear me?
or am i throwing rocks
in a bottomless well?
must we wait on the wave,
that's long past due?
will the candle then light itself?
do trees remember leaves?
does history have a face?
is it then yours?
poem by Eric Cockrell
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My God, Your God!
my God and your God
may not have the same first name!
but if they be true,
they have the same last name!
Compassion!
until we understand this abiding truth,
we cannot go further on our individual
paths to eternity!
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Be It Right Or Wrong...
be it right or wrong,
today i leapt from the steeple.
set fire to my past,
and turned in my keys.
drank the rainwater from the gutters,
and walked past the edge....
searching, just searching,
for the home of the wind!
poem by Eric Cockrell
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Occupy!
occupy!
Wall Street...
...Main Street
....the banks
......the government buildings
...the courts!
....the whole damned country!
and re-occupy
...our own bodies,
demand the rights
..of human beings
.....being human!
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The Difference Between
the difference between
telling someone:
'i love you...'
and really loving them
lies in the willingness
to risk everything
you think you have
in order to give them
what they really need
whether it includes you,
or not!
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We, The American Workers....
we, the American workers, work not now
for any kind of wealth... but for a livable
poverty, and a couple nights of sleep a month
without worrying about eviction, something being turned off,
or something being repossessed!
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What You Do!
if you want to know
who you are as a person,
look at how you spend your time,
what you expend your energy on,
how you react to people around you,
and whether you take the time to listen.
not what you say, what you do!
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Between Us... (Breathes)
when my heart smells like your feet,
then this journey is shared.
when your lonliness lights a candle,
then i will come as wind to blow it out.
when your tears fall onto my scars,
then the silence between us breathes....
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Only To All!
it is by the blood we share
in our suffering,
that we remember we're brothers.
it is this same blood,
that we must drink and be set free.
there is no victory nor salvation
that is personal...
redemption comes only to all!
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