This very day
I have a hundred
chores for you to do
you have promised
you would do
But all alone
you can ignore what's due
let only thirst and hunger
move you from the comfort
of your favorite chair
The chair that can
warm massage vibrate
even entertain you
with music and the news
when there is nothing
you wish to do
With no expectations
but your own
when you are single
and alone
I have seen
shattered bodies
of old and young
I have seen
people building homes
out of the ashes
I have seen
young women selling their bodies
in Manila Yokohama Shanghai
Because there where families
or no families
because there was no other way
because war made it profitable
Because there were men
tired lonely men
buying forgetfulness
buying love
We are the force
that urges mountains
to push their heads
above the plain
We are the rains
that cut mountains
into the hills
and into the valleys
We are the wind
that blows a quite sea
to turbulence
We are the sea
the stars the heavens
the galaxies
a moment of eternity
As with the twinkling
of the stars
we are the momentary
the eternal
The rock
the flower
and we tomorrow
share the essence
of each other
