The Change You Want To See

 

It is always the time for revolution

It is always the time for self-righteousness

It is always the time for hypocrisy

Topple the statues, but leaves the idols in your heart untouched

Scream at sinners, but claim that you are good

Smash the state, but bite the hand that feeds you

If not now, when will you humble yourself?

Be the change you want to see

If this is the future you want, be very afraid

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Words Fail

 A 2020 poem

Having eyes

He sees nothing

Having ears

He hears nothing

Having a heart

You get where this is going…

Nobody admits they were wrong

Nobody admits they are proud

Nobody against nobody

Nobody backs down

No shame

No guilt

No fear

No sense of self awareness

Words do nothing

You see this all the time…

Dog against dog

Dog eats dog

Dog chases its own tail

Dog eats itself

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Postmodern

A poem from 2018

The land is a blur
The sea is a blur
The fields are a blur
Heaven is a blur
Words are a blur
Truth is a blur
This is my truth
And I'm not interested in yours

Your Face

A poem from 2017

Have you seen your face lately?

So wary, and bitter, and grave

Muttering away at the small sins of others

While committing greater without batting an eyelid

Are you deluded? Have you lost the plot?

You know better than this, so I really don't get it

Unless you were a hypocrite all along

And you love the power

The Private Face

A poem from 1990

The Public Face is a happy face,

The Private Face is stern.

The Public Voice is a joyful voice,

The Private Voice is uncaring.

The Public Words are encouraging words,

The Private Words are sarcastic.

I Didn't Do It

A Poem From 1990

Do to others, as you would want them to do to you.

I didn’t bind up the broken-hearted,

I didn’t even look to see if they were wounded,

when I did - I left someone else to do it.

Now that I am broken-hearted,

no-one is binding me up.

I didn’t proclaim freedom for the captives,

I only cursed them for being so stupid as to become captives.

Now I am a captive,

no-one is proclaiming freedom to me.

I didn’t proclaim release from darkness for the blind,

I only criticised them for not seeing.

Now that I am blind,

no-one is proclaiming release for me.

I didn’t proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour,

I only proclaimed the Law,

I only played the Pharisee.

Now that I need it,

I do not see it,

except as a theological concept.

I didn’t comfort those who mourned,

I didn’t provide for those who grieved,

I didn’t pour out on them beauty, gladness and praise.

Now I see who cares for me

Now I see who notices that I had gone

Now I see how little I care

Now I see how poor I am

Now I see how I am reaping what I have sowed

Now I see the need to change.