inadequate

not here to mess with ya,

just to sort this to the extent I can

so no one need mess with anyone

fear repels

keeps us walled against all Hell

beyond our fortitude

who are any of you to sneer?

pain demands angry claws extended,

spewing caustic gas to defend, to pretend

power of money, fog of gunfire, closing in

to rank and lineage will end in winning

pride and honor but mostly invulnerability,

freedom from them who might threaten

yes, it all makes sense – what’s not us is them

never to be trusted, because we know divisive cuts

of suffering and that’s enough!  more than enough!

scoring pain, raging to feel clean outpour of ferocity

— lash from our ravaged core to those ripe for blame

and now, how do you feel?  what have you won?

war has become your reality – where do you find

a way beyond duality in which to begin,

and continue every day,

to heal from destruction, mine creativity to

construct a place of peace?  to solve our pain?