Monthly Archives: March 2019

Heart & Mind

Posted on March 30, 2019 by soitgoes1984

If I die alone   a thousand times  it’s because my heart  was drowned out  by my mind

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Life Raft

Posted on March 29, 2019 by soitgoes1984

As you were drowning I sat down and prayed for you unaware that I was sitting on your life raft

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Well Fed

Posted on March 29, 2019 by soitgoes1984

We remain well fed while they are starving and we’re carving up what’s left of their land

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Generations

Posted on March 29, 2019 by soitgoes1984

Generations pass and we inherit more and more apathy Generations pass and they inherit more and more tragedy Generations pass and we inherit more and more debt Generations pass and they inherit more and more dead

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Regret & Karmic Debt

Posted on March 24, 2019 by soitgoes1984

Some nights I want to turn back the clock a decade or more, but I made my bed so I lay awake trying my best to forget wading through oceans of regret and karmic debt and one too many mistakes, … Continue reading →

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HAZMAT

Posted on March 23, 2019 by soitgoes1984

Photo credit: DRYLANDProductions We call ourselves civilized buying what we’re told we need throwing it ‘away’ with ease look what we’ve become, the sum of our life’s work is garbage we surf man-made waves and our bellies are filled with … Continue reading →

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Farmers for Peace

Posted on March 23, 2019 by soitgoes1984

When we’re growing food we’re liberating ourselves from want, from need, from greed, from seeds of fear and we’re setting the dove free to soar with olive branches away from perpetual war, away from hate away from the fate scripted … Continue reading →

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Dead Doves

Posted on March 20, 2019 by soitgoes1984

It’s March Nineteenth, two- thousand and nineteen, it’s sweet sixteen for one of the wars that we’ve lost count of all that remains are dead doves   and the graves are all overflowing, and we think we’re better off not … Continue reading →

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Thoughts & Prayers

Posted on March 8, 2019 by soitgoes1984

You are in my thoughts for whatever it’s worth and I said a prayer for you today, though I can’t say anyone listened, they   never listen. I hope to Christ and Buddha and Marx and to the sharks and … Continue reading →

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Let’s Go Read Rumi (Ode to Spring)

Posted on March 4, 2019 by soitgoes1984

Before the vultures dine on another ancient civilization and cities become rubble lets break bread instead of bones   lets cleanse our palate and feast on the food of kings and queens, lets walk through smoke screens, and sit on … Continue reading →

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