Friday, May 22, 2009

We Different ... We Free

If they as other could only understand or see
but they as other attempt to give Us their rules
and treat Us as if We have no place in Our World
and whisper behind Our backs as if what We
think or do is criminal
they try to suppress and oppress Us at every turn
but We Know The Way--they are wrong, as other
they do not understand or see
not like Us
We are Different because We are Free …

If they as other could only understand or see
but they as other are not free
their ways they wish to impose upon Us enslave,
kill, stifle, discriminate, pollute, imprison, starve,
repress, dilute and cage
shackling all that which is Good and breathing Liberty
not like the Eagle, not like the Mountain, not like the Earth
not like the Unenclosed Mind, not like the Unchained Spirit
as other they attempt to stifle Our Poetry, Our Thought,
Our Expression, Our Demeanor, Our Vision, Our Creativity
as other they are blind and deaf to Whom We are,
they cannot fathom that We are their Emancipators
not like us
We are Different because We are Free …

If they as other could only understand or see
We are Not Criminal, We are Not Iniquity, We are Not Fools
We Feel their lack, We Live their anguish, We Sense their
emmmp – ti – nesss … of self
yet as other they endeavor to prohibit Us from being Us
rather not wanting Us to be Us but other like them
limited, heartbroken, fearful, insecure, hollow as in other
not like Us, but like them
as other they are captives yearning to be Free
as other they are the battered seeking Liberty
as other they are the establishment desiring a justifying identity

Listen … Follow Us We Know The Way, Forever … Today
not like Us, Be Like Us … Come ... Step Out… To Be
We are Different because We are Free...

cvd ‘09