Shepherds and Wolves

When the shepherds fall asleep
Wolves proceed to eat their sheep
One by one gone, flesh & bone
With shepherds & wolves
Together.
Alone.

22 December 2014 

Ernest Griset (1874)

Kings and Queens

Kings and queens march hand in hand
Swaggering through the promised land
Freely tossing coins and scraps
As their guards set boobie traps

Illustration by Sir John Tenniel of the King and Queen of Hearts' Grand Procession

 23 December 2014

Massacre

Two thousand souls will all complain
Upon returning to their lord
"Not long after our blood was spilled,
The living moans of being bored."

January 10, 2015 

Dying Babies and Fools

17 December 2014

Babies lying on the floor
Babies dying score by score
Fools cry out, WAR WAR WAR WAR!
But babies...babies are no more

Peshawar

16 December 2014

Babies, babies all in red
Babies, babies go to bed
No more sad tears shall you shed
No more monsters shall you dread

your art

your art
is a crazy messed up love story
creating, collaborating
crumbling, cutting
crafting, controlling high notes
intense colors
cue harmonies
a medley of emotions
then tones of silence
pregnant pauses
lights fade
cue discord  
hanging throughout the dark room
spilling over the music sheets
and drafts and drafts of words
thrown to the wind
hidden in a reel
burned in the fire
delete, trash, permanent delete
exit stage right
and begin
again.



Written 28 October 2014 // 5 Muharram 1436

broken lineage

He roars when he speaks
His wife watches and weeps
"Traitors!" "Betrayal!"
He cries out in his sleep

His fierce demeanor
Strikes fear in the stranger
Arms thrashing and flailing
He paces alone in anger

But in a moment of stillness
             look at his face.

Those wild, blood-shot eyes?
Expose the brokenness inside
Of centuries of inherited dreams
Shattered
by a lie.