Debt

In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

We walk

in their shadow

blood running

through the streets

a thousand deep

of our ancestors

who paved the way

to the joy of freedom

that shines

in the horizon…

But you and I:

we are not yet there.

So we walk onward

joined hand in hand

singing with one voice

to the promised land.

The Price

My feet bleed

dark red

staining the

ground I tread

When will the road end

when can I stop

with every step

the rocks cut deeper

into my soles

my heart heavy

I walk on

leaving life in my wake

shoulders square

head high

my soul is still here

I am still alive.

Tears

The sea

of tears

flows from her eyes

bitter love’s

water runs

a course

down her cheek

the memory

of them

aches in sharp relief

and she wonders

if the pain of love

will ever become

love of pain.

Prism

I am glass
shattering
in your hands

Jagged shards
singing a
sharp song
as they fall
to the floor

Shot through
prisms of light
a mirror
half broken

and I wonder
if I will ever
be put
back together
again.

Deus ex Machina

You never

saw my hands

shake

You never

saw me

blink

You never

saw my

heart

freeze

in my chest

Storm

Storm clouds

gather

dark gray

rain

runs anger

through my

veins

Raise my face

towards the heavens

If you are God

relieve me

If you are God

release me

from the thunder

clouding my

heart

Dreamer

The stars

sift through my

fingers

the coat

of dreams

hangs heavy

across my

shoulders

I am lost

a wanderer

in this field

of stories

Night

Night

she holds me

close

in her

dark embrace

My eyes

are closed

heavy

my heart

open wide

in the world

of my dreams

Slumber

she whispers

for I am

infinite

and tomorrow

is another

Day

Osama? This Muslim doesn’t give a shit.

So people have been asking me over the past couple of weeks: What do you think about Osama being dead?

My answer, as you can discern from the title of this post: I really couldn’t give a fuck whether OBL was alive or dead. I was pretty damn surprised by the news, happy that it was Obama who was President when it happened and not George Bush-Shit. Other than that? I don’t know the guy. He was probably a pretty bad person. Yeah, he happened to be Muslim and was spouting off Islamic scripture in those bullshit videos of his. But really? I don’t give a fuck. In fact, I give the guy barely a moments’ thought.

It kind of annoys me that people even ask. There are plenty of fucked-up Muslims in the world, just like there are plenty of fucked up Christians, Jews, Buddhists, and Atheists.  Douchebaggery crosses all boundaries. I really don’t see what I, or any other Muslim for that matter, have to comment of OBL’s death. Do Christians have to apologize for or explain the actions of George Bush, for example? I don’t see the Baptists of the world being asked to comment on the Iraq War.

So there you have it.  OBL, goodbye and good riddance.

Warrior/Princess

Dedicated to all my ladies out there who have been to hell…and back.

She is

reborn

from the fire

burnt to the bone

cinders scatter

her breath

boiled down

to the core

She lived

to tell the tale

from the belly

of the beast.

She wears

her pain proudly

battle scars

adorn her arms

she stands tall

her fist raised

aloft

in victory.