Nest
in your heart
there's a nest,
where those with
broken wings go,
to rest and to heal
in the arms of love...
may i abide there forever!
in your soul a cliff,
where the daring go
to test their wings
against freedom's skies...
may i leap from that cliff,
without looking back!
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Seven Lies
1. they're not like us!
2 if they didnt want to be poor,
....they wouldnt be!
3. God wants us to be successful.
4. wars have always been, and always will.
5. they're all going to hell!
6. them boys are paying the price of freedom.
7. we're only responsible for the people here!
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The Only Words That Remain
blast furnace...
molded by turmoil
and endless struggle,
faces scorched by the trials,
endured and survived....
stripped naked, no baggage,
no need for guile.
the all of all on the altar,
the heart beaten honest....
and the only words that remain.....
...............are soul!
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American History 101
they came with long rifles and Bibles,
raped your women, stole your lands.
their God devoured....
yours, with open hands!
built the land of the free
atop your teepees and your bones;
and went out to conquer the world,
with eyes of glass,
.....................and hearts of stone!
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Hope!
hope turned over
like a shell on the sand,
echoing the waves,
lapping at some distant shore....
unheard, untouched,
words fall on the graves
of desire and longing,
marked by time...
who are you?
do you remember my name?
the faint memory of your kiss,
grown bitter on my lips!
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I Am You (And You Are Me)
i am hungry!
can you hear my cry?
i am sick!
do you know i'm here?
i lost my job!
do you know my name?
i am homeless!
can you see my face?
i am lonely!
do you really care?
i am afraid!
will you leave me alone?
i am human!
are you human too?
for i am you!
and you are me!
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Never Stop Praying!
i do not stop to pray anymore!
i just never stop praying....
every thought, every action,
every desire, every mistake,
every footstep taken...
whether forward or backward,
a human prayer,
..........conscious,
..............or unconscious,
to the God of both light and shadow!
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The Name Of God
that which you throw away,
carried off to your dumps.
to be burned in petroleum fires....
just missing the mouths
of your shadowy conscience,
the faces staring back
from your mirror,
the hands that reach out
from the graveyards of your soul....
mouths whispering
the name of God!
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The Thin Veil (Fear)
the thin veil that
seperates us from each other
is only fear disguised,
fear
....of
.......ourselves....
fear of the reflection
of ourselves in each other....
fear
....of
......our
. .......own
...........failures...
fear
....of
......our
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After The Shores
when the Buddha in me
sees the Buddha in you,
he leaps with joy!
as if great waves of stillness
arise from a calm, placid sea,
to lap at the shores of...
we are those shores,
and yes, we are the waves,
but most of all...
we are what remains,
after the shores are stripped bare!
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