Homeless (Holiness)
new dawn....
same alleyway;
grey faceless buildings,
wet with morning.
one more cigarette,
thinking about coffee,
waiting on the mission doors
......to open.
kicking through the trash,
a rat runs off...
nowhere to go,
...nothing to do.
tighten my belt,
squint in the sunlight,
just thinking 'bout how,
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Mercy!
gunfire, cash register,
needles falling to the floor;
smash and grab, run like hell,
push your way to the door.
small time clerks, underpaid,
fight to stay alive....
say a prayer, nobody cares,
replace them if they die!
and the hands on the clock
crawl like justice spurned...
tick tock, tick tock....
mercy gives what mercy earns!
poem by Eric Cockrell
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You First Have To Know!
in order to break
the chains of bondage,
you first have to know
that they're there.
you have to feel them
cutting into your flesh.
you have to feel,
and to name,
the weight of oppression.
a bird that's never known
life outside the cage,
has no idea what freedom is!
a man whose feet
are buried in the ground,
can never touch the sky!
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Simple Buddhist Prayer
breathing in, breathing out,
i am thankful for every step,
for every thing i've felt,
everything i've touched,
every taste, every smell,
every living being i've walked with,
for every bowl of food,
for the blanket i sleep under,
for the chance to live
for one eternal moment....
for the chance to give,
without asking back, or why!
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Stories Never Written
he leaves behind
..a stack of
young
...pregnant
.......girls
........having
.........babies....
mere echoes of
his unconscious self,
crying out his name....
against the rage
that lingers where
his heart should be....
feeding the hunger
that
..devours
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A Letter
someone sent me a letter,
and asked me if i was black or white, , ,
i cut my finger, signed my name
in blood at the bottom,
and mailed it back!
i dont care about walking on water...
walking naked in your garden
is hard enough!
dont pray for me...
i have no longer a soul!
i am only the wind,
carrying your prayer
back to your heart!
poem by Eric Cockrell
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Detainee!
detainee...
uncharged,
no rights to speedy trial....
subversive? radical?
or just daring to defy?
citizen? cant happen?
mowed down by the machine...
they do it in China all the time!
freedom of speech....
as long as you say the right words!
bill of rights?
as long as you can
afford their freedom!
corporate army....
armed thugs!
poem by Eric Cockrell
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H.a.a.r.p!
h.a.a.r.p,
military ionosphere buster!
global vandalism...
change the weather...
earthquakes, tornadoes,
hurricanes....
mental manipulation!
crowd control...
cutting through the ionosphere
like a knife...
the power to change
the universe, both without,
and within....
the power to control....
men playing gods
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Only If...
only if your lips bleed
when you speak,
and your hand trembles
just a bit.
if your eyes become
wet with longing...
and your heart pounds,
like waves against the shore.
if the wind in your hair
builds a nest,
for the mockingbird
to hatch her young...
and if the truth falls
like a single bead of sweat...
only then,
will we speak of love!
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Shake And Shimmy!
shake and shimmy,
rattle and roll.
cant nobody
steal my soul.
you cant sell
what you dont own.
you cant make
right out of wrong.
you cant take
what's already given.
aint nothing more
than the living!
shake and shimmy,
sing and dance.
i gave it all,
i took the chance.
plant dead flowers
on my grave...
love done come
and freed the slave!
poem by Eric Cockrell
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