WORD : you kill me

Sent: 9/23/2004 12:25 PM


you kill me
slaughter me
leave me for the wild birds
that will eat my flesh
and drink my blood

you kill me
slaughter me
leave me alone against stone
piercing my skin
irrigating my back

you kill me
slaughter me
leave me as some animal
knowing not my name
ignoring my Love

you kill me
slaughter me
sacrifice me to God
when He isn't asking for one
It's already been done

yet you kill me
slaughter me
for my lack of perfection
to which we're all subjected
gutting my grace

this is my place
still allow me the prayer
for escape.

WORD : momentary lapse

Sent: 9/14/2004 7:38 PM


my mind is a barren cage
from which my canaries have taken flight
to sing for more fulfilling grains
than what i cast tonight

my heart is an empty vessel
from which inspiration has been drained
pricked in fearing my expectancy
that drought precedes the rain

my page is absent meaning
mere transparency on display
in cliché images as definitions
summing the nothing i loathe to say

alas

my life is full of these moments
and often times others with riches
nevertheless i still feel frustrated
by these economically challenged glitches