Who They Are!

i dont want people to remember my name
when i'm gone.... i want something i've done,
said, shared, or given... to help them remember
who they are!

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Identify...

if nobody hates you
for who you are,
and what you represent...

then you probably
dont know who you are,
and thus dont represent
anything at all!

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In Truth

what if salvation,
and evolution,
were the same process...
which we in our weaknesses have labeled...
but in truth,
the process of becoming human!

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Crossbow...

crossbow...
my desire aimed
for your beating heart,
your tongue,
pulling the dreams
from my rusty soul...
destiny,
dialed in
on the time we share!

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Total Anarchy...

total anarchy...
the dollar died.
the mourners wept,
lips numb and bleeding.
plastic prayers,
to no avail...
'in god we trust...'
and god just died!

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Pathway Of Pure Stone!

the only man
who leaves footprints
on a pathway of
pure stone,
is a man of peace.

his feet bleeding,
with the pulsing blood
of all those oppressed!

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True Poverty!

true poverty
has nothing to do with money!
it is defined by a lack

in the heart,
that doesnt allow one
to treat all others

with respect and dignity!

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We Love, Or....

unconditional, and demanding!
the flame of the candle,
has no owner.
the river never repents,
and takes no prisoners...
we love, or we cannot breathe

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The Faces (Are Real)

lower the flag,
and raise the bloody shirts
of the protestors

you beat with your
billy clubs....
the faces of freedom

and equality
.........are real!

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Whose Image?

man, created
in the image of God.
guns, created
by man's hands.
war, created
in the image of man.
even the animals know!

whose image do we worship now?

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