may we all be heard
words are bells
let them ring!


Thom World Poet Austin, Texas, USA
Global Radical networker and activist for promoting the live Creative Arts,
at every possible opportunity, especially in his home-city, Austin, Texas, USA


Monday, April 18, 2011

before i let you go


these grumbling clouds of conversations
(all unspoken/all emotion-
well,i want them to go with you
We have divorced all fantasies from reality
squeezed out dreaming from its hidden dark boxes
separated sheep from goats,Abraham from Moses
left little Jesus on every altared consciousness
We are not finished yet.This world of powers greater than us
could have united.Well,it did(in fear of the Unknown
but between us are still bridges,fences,walls,graveyards
We know those who have left-and sometimes why
We know those who remain-and why they deny
we share times and spaces that could have made us braver
(after all-radiation is forever-Alaska will not test its fish
relying only upon the trust in distance)
The problem is-i have only you to talk to
It takes me longer to delete a defunct address
memories awaken me more often than i need
we both know those who let their burden go
and hand to us all their edited experiences
Too late for fame or fortune-we are still here
and in this the diamond flaw-how close ?
Lines in every face speak more
than release from all
we believed before.
If you are here-and hearing-please respond
The dogs are barking for an emptied sun
all the border guards have gone
there is only you and i to cross this next frontier
but first we must leave behind all fear
If you cannot,i will understand.Connection/conversations end
when 

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