After watching The Story of Palestinian Christians: The Stones Cry Out
Luke 19:40-41 (NIV)
“I tell you,” he replied,
“if they keep quiet,
the stones will cry out.”
As he approached Jerusalem &
saw
the city,
he wept
over
it.
Holy Bible, New International Version.
Gorilla Glue after the World News
Sleep
deprived,
I sit bent
on the edge
of a worn out
mattress
pulling in long
deep breaths,
inflate myself,
plant
bare feet
for a shaky
leg press
lift
only possible
with supporting
arms,
balled fists,
flattened knuckles
dug in enough
to help me straighten.
Think Silverback
stuck in a cage,
dark dry eyes
set long ago
on skies
to rivers
leading
to the sea.
Think glue.
Appeared in Phoenix Rising.
Edge of Humanity
Our common ground
borders
this mass grave
in front of us.
(Cold)
Do I assume
too much:
Is it not
our common ground?
(Cold)
Tell me…
having seen
images of dead children
in Gaza,
(Cold)
can you imagine
this trench filled
with skin & bone Jews
found at Auschwitz
& other death camps?
(Cold)
Imagine
Native Americans
marched to death
from Mississippi
to Oklahoma
thrown in?
Have you heard
of The Trail of Tears?
(Cold)
Could you see
Black chattel slaves
lynched & charred
mixed in?
(Cold)
Could you see
yourself
down there?
(Cold)
We
may be at the same edge,
my friend,
(Cold)
listening
to a striking call
for a militant
humanist resistance…
a historically
tested cure
for monsters.
First appeared in Montreal Serai.
Peace,
Andrés