A story to tell

Conflict

America
Stands between them
Arms outstretched
Hands on their hearts
Beneath beats anger
Inside each chest
For the other
Never-changing
Churning
Mindless
Hatred

How can we hope
To understand these conflicts
How can we make
Them see the other side
Peace at a price
They are unwilling to pay
If they must
Stop the pulsing
Churning
Replicating
Hatred

Goddess

Always after me
My face, my voice, my body
Am I a goddess?

Magpie to the Morning

By Neko Case

Magpie comes a calling
Drops a marble from the sky
Tin roof sounds alarm
And wake up child
Let this be a warning says the magpie to the morning
Don't let this fading summer pass you by
Don't let this fading summer pass you by

Black hands held so high
The vulture wheels and dives
Something on the thermals
Yanked his chain
Smelled your boring apex
Rotting on the train tracks
He laughed under his breath
Because you thought that you could outrun sorrow
Take your own advice
Thunder and lightening gets you rain
Run an airtight mission, a Cousteau expedition
To find a diamond at the bottom of the drain
A diamond at the bottom of the drain

Hear the mocking bird sing
In the middle of the night
All of his songs are stolen so he hides
Stole them out from whiporwills
Screaming car alarms
He sings them for you special
He knows you're afraid of the dark
Come on sorrow
Take your own advice
Hide under the bed
Turn out the light
Stars this night in the sky are ringing out
You can almost hear them saying
"Close your eyes now kid"
"Close your eyes now kid"

Morning is too far lit
They are waiting
Waiting
They are waiting