Critically acclaimed
To be culture bias,
Not even of dark complexion
So tension rises,
Gaining high
But shot down
By redneck views,
I’m a white man
Who sings
A nigger’s blues,
So i restate it all
And throw in
An apology,
It’s not my fault
I can grasp
Anthropology,
You’ve been gassed
By your own
Pig’s feces,
Can’t tell the difference
Between Korean read more »

There is nothing more
to say
to see
to listen to.

Don’t try.

We have scars on our eyelids
bodies falling
dust clouds
screams.

There are children for whom
it is already history
vague events
that littered the world
before they were born
Moses and Mother Theresa
as contemporaries
in shadow stories.

There is nothing to say
yet we can’t stop talking.

n.m.rai

“I am”

I stand before thee
Completely exposed
I have no name
I have no country or race
I have no religion or occupation
I am neither
male nor female
rich nor poor
educated nor uneducated
I am neither
husband nor wife
son nor daughter
father nor mother
sister nor brother
I am simply
I am

~Deborah Abdulla read more »

there are three major types of laws that people will follow,

the laws of the land,
the laws of the church,
and the laws of the soul

if there should come a time when they are not equal, and I must choose one over the other

I shall choose to follow my soul,

for I can step outside of the land and the church,

but I can not step outside my soul.

~Deborah Abdulla

"hush"

as i sit in silent meditation
swirls of incense burn beside me

over and over the mantra repeats itself
until my cluttered mind is clear of all thought

make me an instrument of thy peace lord
make me an instrument of thy peace

like a white cell summoned to infection
my heart is drawn to those in need of peace

i hear brother Baghdad calling out in pain read more »