Rest In Piece

I grieve everytime I see a brother lying lifeless on the ground
For it is me lying there
I don't want to admit it, but secretly,
A part of me is relieved they no longer suffer
Under the torment of a persecuter's wrath
I close their righetous eyes
They chose to view everyeone with love out of them
And though I make no claim to religion,
I say a quick prayer for the person
Their uniquely talented brains lie scattered on the pavement
A brain that shone forth a brillant message
Prayer is just habit
Left over from a misguided childhood
A childhood of hallejuahs and baptisms
One of things that just stick with you I muse
As I sit cradling their cold body in my arms
At the end, I focus on the message they left behind
It was so important they were willing to die for it
People fear change
But I will not
Rest in peace, my friend

Inner Voice

I listen to my inner voice
It is aware, senite
Telling me a great many things
Its a gift and a curse
For I am painfully aware sometimes
When I am warned people are not long for this world
This is the last time my eyes will percieve them
And I grieve for the flesh of my flesh
Blood of my blood
Gratitude flows
Without them I'd never been born
Their life gives way to my life
And so their story carries on
Through my poetry and I

When is the cycle of violence gonna end? It ends with you and me
Demandin' we free
POW's rotting in foreign jail cells
Bush is slaughtering the American dream
Searching for invisible WMD's
Under every rock and tree
Can't bomb the world to peace
This commie goverment system is bombing it ta pieces
Drilling for oil in litle kids backyards
Oil rigs springing up
corrupting where middle eastern soccer fields used to be
looking for terrorism in every 3rd world country
Terrorism begins at home
With no health care for the elderly
And no place for the poor to rest their weary head
Be the change, man
Believe in a picture perfect vision
Meditate on peace
Open your mind to respecting differences
Embrace the love
Hug your muslim brother
Engage in non-violent resistance
Burn the flag in a public street
If you truly believe in liberty and justice for all
The president only salutes the myth
Compromising, oath breaking hypocrite
Take action against cold blooded murder
Resist the Neo Nazis crucifying queer kids
And the pigs gunning down black grooms
No hear comes thhe groom
Only chopins funeral march plays in the room
I grieve with the mother
who's baby no longer nurses at an innocent breast
She has small comfort in taps
And at the sound of the 21 gun salute
21 rows of soliders barely out of school fall down dead
So we must join hands in love
An write peacenik poetry
Protesting wars for political gains
An the endless insanity of the Bush Administration
Via La Revolution!

Poetry book intro

I am an unknown poet, a no one seeking to write the ink well of inspiration dry
I write for the people surronding me
We are children of the earth, connected through the universe
These forces compel to put ink on paper
I want my poetry to inspire
When people read it, I want them to feel moved to tears
To have overwhelming fierce joy spring into their heart
All sorts of emotions burst forth from my page
My verse longs to be a torch
The bearer of my work can carry it
Ever so gently through dark, depressing times
And it will lift them up
To high places they've only dreamed about
Giving hope to cling to
Saving them from flooding torments
Be well assured my beloved reader;
No selfish ambition have I!