Crippled!
when you take the crippled hand,
and put it to the plow...
a healing takes place!
when you take the crippled heart,
and put it with other wounded hearts,
compassion begins!
when you take the crippled spirit,
and teach it the words of freedom,
wings are loosed!
when you take the crippled man,
and restore his dignity...
he changes the world!
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Fire in the Night
by a fire in the night
meat on the spit
listen to the crackle & darkness breathing...
whispering ghosts
nothing needs to be said
stillness is the bridge
close yr eyes & stare
at drawings on the cave walls
old dog startled, stands up
as if the fur on his back
can feel the presence!
only the smell of black coffee...
& the prayers of the moon!
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Fired My Rocket!
we 'discovered' this country
on the basis of murder and religion.
we built this country
on the backs of slaves.
we made this country prosperous
with the bodies of underpaid factory workers.
we spread democracy
with the sword of felony and greed.
we fed this country,
and foreclosed the farms of the farmers.
and you wonder
why we are where we are now!
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I Hear The Cry
i hear the cry....
oppression, enslavement,
beatings, torture, rapes,
and killings.
people of heart,
slaughtered like sheep.
monks self-immoliating,
crying out for justice,
and freedom,
for basic human dignity,
for basic human rights...
i hear the cry...
of Tibet on fire.
and am ashamed
to be part of a world
turned blind and deaf!
free Tibet!
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Peace
peace is not
a dream.
not a vision,
not delusion.
not what comes after war!
now an act of cowardice
not a spiritual emotion
not the gift of death
after an angry life
peace
is
the
last
breath
of air
in
this darkness
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Pledge Of Allegiance
if i stand
with my hand on my heart
and recite anything...
it will be me
naming the names:
of the homeless,
of the jobless,
of the hungry,
of those abused
by the justice system,
of those 'forgotten'
by our political system,
of the underpaid,
the under valued,
the stressed out,
of the common people
of this country.
therein lies my allegiance!
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Dreamt!
i dreamt of snowfall,
silence wrapped around silence...
or maybe it was just what's left of you,
kissing what's left of me....
or maybe it's the only reply
that i have for God...
or maybe just my lifetime,
staring back at me...
or maybe it's the answer
to the question i cant speak....
or maybe it's just death,
coming around like an old friend!
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If I Laid with You
if i laid with you
would you talk with me?
that talking without words,
without pretension or
manipulation... that does
not grasp, or own...
would you hold me
without holding back?
if i laid with you
would we quit pretending
that one is right and
one is wrong... and
one and one make two...
when one in one
makes one! tell me,
if i laid with you...
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In Reply To A Comment
by chance,
all coincidence,
no reason for anything,
no fate, no destiny.
no eternity, no need to change,
happy go lucky, get what you can...
i just dont buy it....
sounds too much like
no reason for life,
no value to the moment,
no need to evolve....
feels like empty!
but i stand by your right
to believe as you will,
and wish you happiness.
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One (Every)
one man,
one woman...
every star in the night sky.....
every grain of sand,
every wave lost in the ocean.
every leaf falling to the ground...
every hungry mouth,
every tear unnoticed.
every life beaten,
and left by the wayside.
every baby born without direction,
every prayer lost in the
din of hopelessness...
one man,
one woman....
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