<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=387950" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>I Am.... (Falcon)</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">i am...<br>the lament of oceans, <br>grieving lost children.<br>the latent sound of artillery, <br>mother and son huddled.<br>i am women oppressed, <br>sold into slavery.<br>i am the crack in the window, <br>through which freedom stares.<br>i am black skin white skin<br>drenched in blood, <br>i am sweat and toil, <br>fields swept by heat.<br>i am the american poet, <br>who learned his craft in sawmills...<br>built houses by hand, <br>and grew his own food.<br>i am pigs and chickens, <br>slaughtered in cells.<br>i am pride in prison, <br>and self education.<br>i am the grandfather weeping<br>over a picture of his grandson.<br>i am the price of justice, <br>names spent and forgotten.<br>i am the lover stalking, <br>the shadows of night empty.<br>i am the fire and the cross, <br>the curse and the cost.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">i am mistakes and failures, <br>i am guts and desire.<br>i am balls and fury, <br>gentleness and understanding...<br>i am the prodigal son, <br>my mother is the wind.<br>i am the fighter<br>who stayed too long...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">i am the pilgrim naked, <br>the owl in the night.<br>i am jesus and buddha<br>weeping over hitler's grave.<br>i am the victims of holocaust, <br>the victims of everyday choices.<br>i am the immoral saint, <br>and the renegade monk.<br>i am the lie of america, <br>yet the truth and the hope.<br>i am the murderer and the murdered, <br>and the child abused.<br>i am the promised land, <br>and the walls of jericho.<br>i am the reservation, <br>bad whiskey and poverty.<br>i am custer sent to<br>vietnam, iraq, and afghanistan.<br>i am the tears of crazy horse, <br>and the death of the earth...<br>i am sackcloth and ashes, <br>and the sin of blindness.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>i am heat and desire, <br>i am hunger and want.<br>i am the heart beating, <br>defying all odds.<br>i am the falcon, <br>the wolf, and the turtle...<br>i am the kiss<br>that turns shadows to light!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Eric+Cockrell">Eric Cockrell</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=387950" data-title="I Am.... (Falcon) de Eric Cockrell" data-description="i am... the lament of oceans, grieving lost children. the latent sound of artillery, mother and son huddled. i am women oppressed, sold into slavery. i am the crack in the window, through which freedom stares. i am black skin white skin drench..."></div> </div> </div>

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