There Is No Other!

it is by the blood we share
in our suffering,
that we remember we're brothers.
it is this same blood,
that we must drink and be set free.
there is no victory nor salvation
that is personal...
redemption comes only to all!

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The First Step....

perhaps rather than
bombing a country's
nuclear sites,
or their troops deployed,
or their airstrips...

maybe, just maybe,
we should try removing
the gun from their hearts...

and the first step
is removing it from ours!

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Only To All!

it is by the blood we share
in our suffering,
that we remember we're brothers.
it is this same blood,
that we must drink and be set free.
there is no victory nor salvation
that is personal...
redemption comes only to all!

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Eternity Wrapped

empty nest,
fragments of shells,
and small indentures

of living...
sunlight echoes,
haunting memories....

of wings flapping
against the emptiness
of pure being....

eternity wrapped
in small creatures
and simple things!

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The Sickness!

if you cant buy it,
sell it, trade it,
wield it like a weapon,

or use it as a tool
to manipulate or abuse people
for your own profit...

you dont want it!
and therein lies the sickness
that destroys the human condition.

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I Can Feel...

she said:
'you're not a poet,
you're just an old man...
old hat, old beard,
even your socks are old! '

'yes, and my socks
are full of holes...
when i walk across
the bare floor i can feel...'

and therein lies
the poetry!

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Souls

the infantile belief
that only human beings
have souls...
comes from the fear
driven ego...

wake up!

dogs and cats, birds and horses...
trees, stones, and rivers
all have souls....

mice and ants lead us
on this journey!

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Awareness, Now!

awareness...
walking in awareness,
breathing in awareness,

giving in awareness,
touching in awareness,
listening in awareness,

doing in awareness,
speaking in awareness,
living in awareness....

awareness,
......now!

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Being Born!

continually being born...
...a thousand tiny deaths,
.....a thousand tiny births.

season to season,
....leaf to limb to bud,
.....conceptions to grasp,

to letting go of....
..snow like stillness,
....bringing new birth!

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Sins Of Capitalism

the scar
on my face
is the last cry
of all those killed
in the name of capitalism.
the tear
in my eyes,
the hunger of those
we've forced to
live in poverty.
the bruise
on my lips,
the swelling groan
of those we've oppressed!

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