please do not open coffins
if you can not handle the sacred remains,
chant the words of power
initiate the rituals
pour the libations
invoke the ancestors
regard their wisdoms
uphold the rites of passage
and decipher the worshipping ways of the ancients
because a gift will become a curse
the cycle of life
will take the appearance of death
becoming scorned and feared
misunderstanding sacrifice
you will not make requisite offerings
as much as you will create offense
excavating wisdoms
uttering them without understanding,
for the title of ‘knower’ and most enlightened
creating separation of divine wholes
inventing forms where form hath not exist
believing you have saved and discovered something
while impure conquests has truly preserved
what has now become tarnished
and the temple will live on desecrated
tales made of truths
in forms that now confuse and subjugate
provoking constant states of fear,
war and lost identity
where dominion over the dominated
and unlearned, reigns
because truth has become owned
for namesake
but reciprocity,
is divine law!
Mercy
Mercy
I have to learn to give mercy
even at times when
the lack of mercy
feels more convenient
and necessary
per animal inclinations
but the mercy I give
allows my spirit to give
otherwise I will become
more animal than human
instinctively desiring to
out animal the next
and my purpose goes beyond
chest-beating and pissing contests
I choose to live liberated
not in a perpetual state
of ”trying to survive”
in the image of a hamster
running inside of a wheel
Air Flow
just breathe
mindfully
too much wind
will make a tornado of earth
a hurricane of water
and drive a fire wild
Re-membered
Remember?
Re-member.
your being, being
dismembered
so to memory, being
lost
who you are?
what you are?
how, you are?
Remember?
Re-member.
you are the individual, indivisible
you are the separated, inseparable
you are a part of a Divine Oneness-
creative consciousness, without form
form distracts
form subtracts
form is to interact
formlessness attracts
formlessness contracts Truth.
a universal whole
family of One
a sacred body of eternity
you are member of All things
and all things, member to you
Remember?
Re-member.
this is your sacred truth
every atom of creation, is a part of you
Remember?
Re-member.
you are not separate
although, you think separately
your thoughts become you
therefore, your speech separates
and you become, separated
but even this, is impossible
your belief, no matter how strong
can only misunderstand
what is and has been created
but can not change, Truth.
your separation is only illusion
lies you are told
the lies, you believe
are the lies, you live
but you are no liar
only mistaken, forgotten
Remember?
Re-member.
no belief, no matter how strong
can change you part to the whole
the infinite unseen and formless body
of God
only differentiated in flesh
your soul, has been created for all of time
your spirit is your eternal life force
it can not be recreated, nor perish
it is not yours
it belongs to the All
Remember who you are.
Re-member what you are.
Remember how you are.
Remember?
Re-member
Good Damage
there’s value in brokenness
you just have to want to
see it
in yourself
then you’ll identify
with someone else
needing to be helped
I think my shell
has been my longest-lived
prison cell
my vocal heart quelled
by a development jailed
erosive emotions guarded and hailed
in the wake of hope, one could only rebel
there’s honor in honesty
I say this humbly, I’m depraved
with nothing, it’s hard to be brave
when I only see graves
I brace too much to embrace
but how can one behave?
when that way means, be slaved
but there’s value in us
cutting calendars up
living and feeling is challenge enough
detaching from time until released
what an irony, huh?
every over-pressured coal creates a diamond
if help is mining, you’ll see us shinning, just look!
Empac-thize
empathize with the devil
advocate for the ghettos
break ground with the pebbles
sympathize with the rebels
tell the pennies they’re quarters
show them their special importance
cut the chords and live cordless
now be boundless and voyage
tell the men to be boyish
tell the women be girlish
it’s OK to be grown-ish
but don’t lose touch with the child in you-
it’s more your truth, you should own it
tell the whites that they us
I’m with the blacks, ‘nough’s enough!
don’t let the creme overdo it
can’t bake a crust too stuffed
tell the prisons, revolt!
can’t change from distance, remote
don’t let the scape get your goat
don’t let the hate grip your throat
scream to the love, live on!
then tell the dark, dream on!
then tell the kids, dream more!
don’t cut down trees that we need-
release, just breath, and be more!