Who will teach this child
to sing?
To revel!
When adversity stomps
the life from his dreams,
and tramples
and tramples
the very essence
of his humanity?
When his heart is weak!
And the road is long.
And the wait
interminable...
What new lies
will we sell him
to silence
the steady seeking of his soul;
when we've run out of answers,
in this world
that does not
love him?
When the razors of his reason
are no longer silenced
at the gate
by the awesomeness
of his uncertainties—
and his bitter tears
falling...
Who will teach him how
to stand?
Who will surge boldly forth
when the brute squad comes
kicking down the door?
When they are coming
after him!
Who will clap like thunder with his own life?
declaring:
"THIS IS NOT RIGHT!"
...Or who will drive him from the depths
of the murky waters
and shout:
"Rise, oh fallen warrior!
Rise up,
and make your stand!"
Death cannot kill courage,
for courage
is remembered.
Sing!
when your heart is weak.
Revel!
when the road is long.
Dance!
when the wait is interminable...
Lies cannot dissuade you,
they only stop you
for a time.
As we slip into this darkness,
know that 'trying'
is the death knell
of uncertainty...
Nobody but YOU,
can defeat this!
Nobody but YOU,
can achieve this!
Nobody but YOU,
can face the terror,
and be the example...
You are a MIRACLE
Little Brother!
For you
have a
MIND!
When his heart is weak!
And the road is long.
And the wait
interminable...
What new lies
will we sell him
to silence
the steady seeking of his soul;
when we've run out of answers,
in this world
that does not
love him?
When the razors of his reason
are no longer silenced
at the gate
by the awesomeness
of his uncertainties—
and his bitter tears
falling...
Who will teach him how
to stand?
Who will surge boldly forth
when the brute squad comes
kicking down the door?
When they are coming
after him!
Who will clap like thunder with his own life?
declaring:
"THIS IS NOT RIGHT!"
...Or who will drive him from the depths
of the murky waters
and shout:
"Rise, oh fallen warrior!
Rise up,
and make your stand!"
Death cannot kill courage,
for courage
is remembered.
Sing!
when your heart is weak.
Revel!
when the road is long.
Dance!
when the wait is interminable...
Lies cannot dissuade you,
they only stop you
for a time.
As we slip into this darkness,
know that 'trying'
is the death knell
of uncertainty...
Nobody but YOU,
can defeat this!
Nobody but YOU,
can achieve this!
Nobody but YOU,
can face the terror,
and be the example...
You are a MIRACLE
Little Brother!
For you
have a
MIND!
2 comments:
Yes, and let's continue to use our minds as we daily confront the terror of society's sick spectacle which insidiously attempts to derange our imaginations for its own uses in exchange for trinkets and addictions and shitty co-dependent relationships. Long live the authentic (at times maintained bitterly in the face of so much falseness) of which you so sweetly sing my friend.
my soul aches when i read this- 'What new lies will we sell him to silence the steady seeking of his soul...'
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