Your unexpected words of kindness fell upon this desert dweller’s arid heart
I’m not angry with you. I am hurting, and as usual, I don’t know why. I don’t know why I cry
There’s a fearsome beast within, huddled tense and waiting, in the furthest corner of this brittle heart. It lies alert to any signal
I commit myself to God; sometimes, not often. I believe in God; sometimes,
What is this code that we agree up… but dare not ever speak in words ? That mysterious unspoken-ness looming where we choose to gather. It’s sure we must be seen to know
I hold truth as the highest princi… I am a liar. I value honesty over all else. I am a thief. I expect integrity from you.
Not so long ago I was convinced you were the culprit, the masked robber of my sacred trust.
You play your cards so well. Looks like you’ve had a lot of pra… You seem to have a thorough grasp of all the rules of the game. As you cover every angle,
Weep for the fallen warriors. Weep for those souls considered collateral damage. Weep for the profiteers. Weep for the deserters.
Hello, can you see me here? Please, might you stop awhile. I am the one you pass by daily as you hurry homeward bound. I am that one who’s least of us.
The storm is brewing. I smell it in the air. I am panicking. I fear this tempest might cost my life.
Way up there on that hill of yours; that most hard-won ivory tower. Hiding there behind your perfect guise
I dreamed of being lost and trappe… in a land of angry fearful liars. There was nowhere to run or hide. I cowered cornered and exhausted, my back against the furthest wall;
I am crying now. I don’t know why. Am I supposed to know why it is I cry ? Though I always feel
The old man, who thinks he’s dying, approached me with these words. I am sorry
