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As I stand on the north shore peering south.
Across the barrier of liquid and steel and the more yet
Steely eyes of the watchers whose duty \
It seems is always to keep out the ones that long to come in
Soon will it be to keep within the ones that want out?
I nurture the doubts I have about that
….fooling myself? Oh without a doubt
Who among the humans does not?
It’s cheery pie for the heart
After the gristle meat of truth threatens to come back out
A little dessert is good for the mind
No one can afford a lot
Not in these hard times
God that can turn the water to wine
Give life back to the dead
Split the seas, turn back the tides
Spin suns across the infinite skies
And make it all dance in time
Even he can not save all:
The fools from their folly
The peoples from themselves
The leaders from their lies
Or the Lords of money from their lusts
Meant to infect great, small one and all…..
The criminals intent, hell bent
Can change only from within ourselves
And then God can help put back the pieces.
As I stand before another world
So different yet so much like mine.
The razor wire and the para-military can not steal
The scene of beauty filling mind
Or kill the music dancing on the wind
In its silence there’s whispering
Of a day to come….
The Couhiletecans, Los Capuchins, Los Mexicanos, The Texicans
Conquered and Conqueror. All roll along like spokes of the wheel
All come together in this time outside of time
To haunt me here by the rio
Heart, soul and mind.
Stranded on the north shore
Peering south
