double take

BRETT DENNEN 

"I Asked When"

Well, I dreamed I went out wandering

I heard promises become fables forgotten

I saw bridges stretching out across the water

And towers pushing taller 

I knew my reality was clearly defined

By the fences put up around my mind

I watched them thicken into walls over time

Taller than any borderline

I saw civilizations deemed insignificant

I saw people's history tattooed upon their skin

I saw families taken from their land

Dynasty shattered and stolen

And I asked when is the revolution

I asked when is the revolution

And all the burdens the centuries accrue

That get passed along to every generations youth

And all the allegories told in lewd truth

I watched them grow wild and spread like a flu

I saw the rise of an untamed industry

And I watched machines print a paper economy

I saw my own self stand right in front of me

And I didn't do a thing.ed_

]I saw poisons pushed in the street

And prescription pills mingling in the mezzanine

With a whole wealth of doctors and pharmaceutical companies

Still poor people were dying from disease

And I asked when is the revolution

I asked when is the revolution

I asked when is the revolution

I asked when is the revolution

And I broke down at the break of dawn

And saw looming in the clouds above the Pentagon

As he re-lives the holocaust as strong as the parkin' on

Visions [Incomprehensible] Vietnam

And I stood silent upon the flooded levee

Stared at the ruins of a merchant city

And the president who came to dine with the noble, he

He didn't do a thing

I saw three ships come sailing in

Through the passage of the Caribbean

I saw children coming home in coffins

Millions marching on Washington

And I asked when is the revolution

I asked when is the revolution

I asked when, when is the revolution

I asked when is the revolution

BEN SOLLEE

I saw God by the river

Panning for gold
I saw God by the river
Weary and old
He said; Son, I used to know where I put things,
I used to know
I saw God in the forest
Teaching Tai Chi to the trees
In the wind And bowing to the seas
He said; Son,I used to know where I put things,
I used to know
I saw God on the mountain
Tearing at the sky
I saw God on the mountain
With tears in his eyes
He said; Son, I used to know where I put things,
I used to know
I could have shown you all the beauty in the world
but now I need you to show me
Yes, show me

Sister Taegan

 We seek not rest, but transformation.  

We are dancing through each other as doorways.

-Marge Piercy

My own reflective consciousness

 

 

 

Now we sit

silent in the closet

of our room

after brushing our teeth

and making the bed

As we sit

I remain quiet 

as not to intrude

Absorbed in stillness

to notice your breath

I watch you sit

tall and plumb

like a radiant statue 

on a blue green cushion

no larger than a serving plate

As you sit

your hands splay open 

fingers turned slightly up

on the tops of your knees

as if to carry folded sheets

we sit restrained

witnessing transformation

attending a sacred communion

to arrive in meditation

we sit

like foam on a still pond 

watching sparrows migrate

extending each moment 

shared between us

now, I sit alone 

for you have wandered

down the alleys and trails 

chasing thoughts

I have released

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