rise up

For those of you who think he is so obsessed with a woman he cannot think of anything else...

rise up

How far to the mountains? How far to the sea?
How long to the moment when we'll all be free
from hunger and battle and the evil men do?
How much longer for me? How much longer for you?

Lessons we learned didn't hang on for long.
We still suffering the tyranny of the self-serving strong.
The rich and angry, the self-righteous knaves
who break every commandment while they shout 'Jesus saves'.

It is time for the hard truths and gentle rebirth.
No more to slay brothers or to poison the earth.
No more to make sisters doubt the beauty they bring.
No more to ignore the remembering.

How long to the moment when we can rise to the task?
How long till we grow up? How long, I dare ask.
Are we damned by our madness and our short sighted goals,
or are we ready to rise up to prove we have souls?


William F. DeVault. all rights reserved.