Tag / Mankind
Chakra (Wheels)
Who knows what these rings have witnessed? It has seen history unfold. It has heard the wind tell it stories over many moons. Many seasons. Many years. The ages.
THE PARIAH PREACHER
Praising the Lord.
Proclaiming peace.
Proffering hope.
Promoting brotherhood.
Pledging heaven to all. Continue reading →
THE HEATHEN, THE INFIDEL & THE IRONY
Both reject, both disbelieve, both repudiate
Exhort, incite, instigate, intimidate
Challenge, provoke, propagandize
Mock, joust, maim, kill, eulogize
Irresistible force, immoveable object
Seismic shocks, cataclysmic change
The world tremulates
Excuse me, please, aren’t you a _____?
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“Excuse me, please, aren’t you a _____?”
A casual introduction to a stranger over a drink. “Hi, I’m ___!” “Oh, didn’t know you were a ___!”
Forms to filled in and documented as routine. I sign my name. One look and “Are you a ___?”
I pass a place of worship. I instinctively bow my head in reverence. My co-passenger asks me “Aren’t you a ___?”
A melee and a mob as I run an errand. I’m accosted. “You! Are you a ___?”
I stand at Immigration. I’m asked to step forward. “Good morning, sir, are you a ___?”
A midnight knock at the door…
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The Tree Of Life
Solidly alone.
A living, breathing, organism.
Centuries old. Rooted in history.
Mute witness to the cyclicality of civilization.
And the linearity of time
Solitary. Proud. Strong.
Incompatible with today.
A hark back to the times that were.
Before the city lost out to progress and modernity.
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EXISTENTIAL FRATRICIDE
Christian vs Muslim vs Hindu.
Versus Jew. Versus Buddhist.
Sikh. Yazidi. Zoroastrian. Atheist.
Brahmin vs Backward. Sunni vs Shia.
Native vs Immigrant. Local vs Settler.
Nation vs Country. Tribe vs Tribe. Brother vs Brother.
EARTH’S DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY
Father Time. Mother Nature. Mankind as their children. Continue reading →
Lennon v2.0 (Re-imagining “Imagine”)
Shalom! Salaam! I come in peace, brother
I’m one of you, I’m not the other
Forget what’s happened, it’s all in the past
Let’s build something together, something to last
What’s done is done, let it be forgotten
We’ve all got to live under the same sun
Not Christian, not Hindu, neither Muslim, nor Jew
You’re just like me and I, like you
Not black not white, Sunni nor Shiite Continue reading →
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