Wednesday, March 28, 2007

SINGLE

No expectation
but your own
lay back in your chair
there is no one there
no one there to say

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

Friday, March 23, 2007

WAR

By the land
I've seen the night
bright with the killing of war

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

Saturday, March 10, 2007

ONE

One blade of grass
grows in the light
another dies in the darkness
and we die together
for we are one

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