Category poetry

No Life is Too Small

Wake up you sleepy nation Skulls are being crushed Your children’s screams catch in their throats Restrain yourself wicked nation Your great-grandchildren will be appalled by you If you will allow them breath They will look at you with those eyes Those eyes you claim have no soul They will haunt you And those who narrowly […]

Take Courage, Dear Heart

Don’t be afraid Don’t be afraid Don’t be afraid I threw planets into orbit I filled air and sea And I fashioned you Don’t be afraid Don’t be afraid Don’t be afraid I led you out of slavery I fed you in the desert And I brought holiness to you Don’t be afraid Don’t be […]