Soften the Ground

 

-------Soften the Ground-------

 

The rains 

have come

in kind return

 

And soften 

the ground 

for spring,

 

For the seeds 

we have 

been saving

 

For this

moment

in time.

 

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Trespass

 

-------Trespass-------

 

Given the times

I am called to ask,

 

Who profits 

from the land enclosed?

 

Property,

its borders and law,

 

Has kept the human 

mind confined

 

Behind 

a wall of trespass.

 

Dis-remembered 

is the memory

 

That once we gathered

without threat

 

Without fear

 

Of our 

arrest.

 

Now POSTED signs

protect the mines

 

And the poisoners 

of water,

 

While the masses 

long to be free again,

 

To live, to love, 

to prosper.

 

So called to ask

in these times am I,

 

What happens 

when all is sold?

 

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Together

 

-------Together-------

 

Hope is a straight line

whereas solidarity

meanders

 

Steadfast and fluid

like a river 

toward the sea.

 

To be human 

is to be a child

of this earth

 

No more

or less

than any other

 

But sure as spring

the part 

each sing

 

Comes whole

when sung 

together.

 

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