initiation

it’s been a moment just a glimpse of what it could have been one day tonight I mourn in the dark I pray because of me life has left its limbs   it’s been a minute just a breath it is not breathing … Continued

the roof over my head is an empty sky freedom ain’t easy I’ve quickly grown old I often feel hunger I often feel cold yet what I miss most is a person’s smile   I am but a bother no more than a … Continued

I walk through the valley of man’s greed the river is long gone and its bed is dry a red sun evaporates every tear I cry before they can drop and water the weed   no man shall live like … Continued

mother had warned me long ago it runs through the family blood gluttony now drags me in the mud and the desire never stops to grow   perhaps it’s written in the stars that these steps I should follow inside … Continued

another broken piece inside my heart another one to fix with no known cure the boy in me is not anymore sure that I still want to tear myself apart   each month a bit of pain with blues each … Continued

no matter the tongue no matter the creed no matter the heart that beats in one’s chest to prove myself worthy I passed every test yet here only matters your blood and breed   of both I have none I’m an … Continued

the people have spoken agitators have risen fomenting their ideas of hatred and fear the time is now ripe the ignorance is sheer to redefine a country into an open prison   ill-mannered demagogues by bigots elected pointing the finger at … Continued

are these tears of joy or sorrow I cannot yet tell but I’m relieved because in my faith I believed a man got what he couldn’t borrow   salvation comes when least expected as reason turns to hopelessness long after … Continued

I dream each day that I will live to see what it’s become of me to get a taste of living free a life of passions and no grief   the days pass by and the weeks too the years … Continued