How long
I’ve lived already
barely
realizing the quiet quite obvious:
inspiration
means breathing in
while conscious.
I aspire now
to more than
mere presence.
Tag Archives: humanity
Rivers
When all the rivers overflow
where does all that water go?
In time we return to from where we came
leave Earth to heal by rain
water flood and flame.
You Belong Here
How do you think I know?
the Universe makes no mistakes
it’s true some doubt it
will try so hard to convince you test you
push you rile you accuse you scorn you abuse you
you may elevate and watch this poverty
unravel roll out slither from a sorry sack of ill intent
still it ought not move you undo you hurt you
well maybe scratch a little— you are human and will remain
but you your person your value your beauty your presence
cannot be diminished vaporized erased desensitized put out
You arrived
We met yesterday or today
We will meet again tomorrow
I see you there standing in your place your still slightly bewildered face
Your shining bright light full on but flickering adjusting unsteady
Tell me your name again so I can repeat it write it on our Human Sky
for all to see as they come to look for their own reasons
to befriend or dis or welcome or whisper or ask you out loud
why you are not what they expected
You arrived because it’s time and this is the place the right one your place
You belong here. We all do.
Hello.
Distance Peace
One of These Days
One of these days
you’ll see you’ll see
Civility will
return
It will be cool again
to smile
to say hello
welcome you stranger
One of these days
you’ll see you’ll see
Love will
prevail
It will be cool again
to reach
to say alright
take my hand
One of these days
you’ll see you’ll see
Humility will
rise
It will be cool again
to surrender
to say everything
with open minds
One of these days
you’ll see you’ll see
Honesty will
dominate
It will be cool again
to aspire
to say quality
reflects the light
One of these days
you’ll see you’ll see
Possibility will
multiply
It will be cool again
to imagine
to say knowledge
belongs to everyone
One of these days
you’ll see you’ll see
Greatness will
elevate
It will be cool again
to understand
to say yes
everyone here belongs
Endings
Beyond dirt of violence
shades cornered death
Egos wave surrender
too late for blinded saviours
hauling ass toward panting seas.
If
If greed were not
perilous cave stones
If rotten meant
white lily fields
If insults evolved into
songs of the street
If net worth built
banks of knowledge
If prison cells were
schools for gardeners
If twisted lips
intended kindness:
Beauty might breathe,
unobstructed.
Learning
Open minds–
How do they look
when presented in neat rows?
Learning glows
inside skulls.
So far I know:
Bones are fragile
Life’s value low.
Child
Who are you
What song are you singing
What is your circumstance
Why do you look so—
Why are you alone
Where is your mother
Who is your father
Who cares for you
Does anyone
What is your name
Why does your face draw me so
Why do you follow me
Why can’t I walk away
Why can’t I forget you
Why can’t I let you go
I hold you
I comfort
I take your small hands
in mine
I call you Marley
I whisper your name
comfort language
I feed you
I clothe your torn body
Warm your small heart
fill in the shattered parts
slow soft
words love story song
I walk with your independence
You lift me from blind gutter
We dance in the starlight
Your touch lighter
no longer dangerous
deliberate caution
emergent awareness
self
until
I am satisfied
I can release you
to the world
again.
Shelter
Young Man
to Old Tree
gimme shelter
from the rain
and gloom
on this misty grey loathsome day.