Ministry
Lift up your voice,
sing out in song.
Let not your message pass and be gone
without being heard.
You speak of truth,
you speak of right
you speak of ministry of light.
Pray, please tell me,
when will it be
this light's coming on?
I listened close,
you spoke so wise,
you were sincere
it was in your eyes.
Somehow I feel
you can show the way,
the light's grown strong... strong!
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Imagining You
I write these words for you
yes you
the one that I imagine
will follow after me,
one who fancies the written word
one who connects with history.
Our family eternal
ties us together
the circle of life
that is never quite complete
beginning, middle, end
we merge
though we will never meet.
A thrill to know
across the years
our lives will touch,
when you read these
words I write
know I send my love
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Just say Yes
Say no to hate and violence.
Say no to greed and selfishness.
Say no to corruption and abuse of power.
Say no to prejudice.
Say no to lies and slander.
Say no to war and slavery.
Say no to homelessness and hunger.
Say no to desperate poverty.
Change the course of history.
JUST SAY NO.
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Free Riding
Straight up the free ride trail,
anticipating.
Burning legs, sweating brow,
the fun is awaiting.
Gear down one more time,
keep pushing on.
gotta get to the top of the hill
wanna have some fun,
gotta get to the top of the hill
then begins the run.
'Victory is mine.'
Top of the trail,
time for hydrating.
Pause for a breath
then it's back on your wheels,
downhill's awaiting.
Wind rushin (ahh...so cool)
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Live in London (we protest)
Crowds
Live in London
gather in the streets,
signs of the times are there to greet
the world leaders.
Make them hear our demands.
Raise your voice,
chant and sing
march hand in hand.
Civil liberties go far
we have the right to rattle the bars
and shake the gates.
BUT WAIT....
Do not cross the line,
don't smash the glass
against the yellow coats
don't clash.
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The Listeners 2000 A.D.
Are you aware?
In the countryside of England
stands a building, unpretentious,
home of a global surveillance plan.
An elite group of governmental agents
united to construct
an electronic listening station.
It, by use of satellite surveillance
eavesdrops on the email conversation
of any target, man or nation.
'For the good of all'
The computer, man's new best friend
programmed to hear where evil grows
and warn the master... by whose hand.
Innocence or Evil
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Friends of the Forest (Memories of Clayoquot)
A small band of protesters
gathered in the forest.
Together their voices growing,
rising on the wind.
A Chorus.
'Stop cutting the tree's'
they cry.
'Stop raping the land.
Our Mother Earth gives us life,
touch her with a gentle hand.'
No Help
from government officials.
'Just pass the tax.' they say.
And the workers in the forest
don't want to find another pay.
So the Friends of the Forest
take a stand to show us how
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Ponderings
Life not as grand
as you thought it would be.
This common feeling
has come over me.
Those dreams and desires
that dwelt in my head,
long years of reality
has left them all dead.
My parents did tell me (and I believed)
'you can be anything you want to be'
Now many years later
I have come to know,
though much is promised
tis not always so.
And anything, anything I want to be
is not always the thing
that is needed from me.
Though struggle and pain
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Broken Dreams
New Love
Life of a Princess,
dreams of forever
rise with the dawn.
He was her true love
till he had won her,
then he had to control her,
make her his pawn.
Oppressor
His need to possess her
to rule her completely,
controlling him now.
It's all about him.
A warped way of thinking.
He says that he owns her
since they exchanged vows.
Trying to hang on,
seeking solutions.
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Sea of Green
Persia,
ancient land of mystery,
rich in cultural history,
once the cradle of civilization.
Still (in 2009)
Democratic election
is just an illusion.
The Ayatollah and his cleric's
in a vain attempt
to hide deception,
send out the paramilitary
to repress democracy.
Unwilling to respect
the vote of their people,
they grew fearful of
the strange vibrations
when the Sea of green
Awoke.
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