Soul-death
“truth hides under fallen rocks and stones
at the end of a disconnected phone
truth hides down an unmarked street
buried deep beneath your feet
truth hides in people written out of history
black leaders and inventors whose names remain a mystery
great women recorded on ripped out pages
obliterated wisdom, covered up faces …”
-Asian Dub Foundation
(Community Music)
the ancestors
are crying
from the misguided i-dren
stealing, murdering
lying, dying
as idiots, as lifeless chumps
as bumbling fools and fucked-up punks
abusing the Earth and its medicine
disrespecting life and all Creation
ignoring the history
of our struggle through misery
our humble spiritual nations obliterated
by tribes of barbarity and slavery
what have you become? -
servants of demons
untrusting shape-shifters
with nothing honest in common
there is no greater evil
than a self-hating people
there is no greater destiny of tragedies
than a self-hating species
you steal
you kill
to help maintain
this hell
the ancestors
are crying
where are the righteous ones?
where is the reverence of intelligence and wisdom?
oh, what tribulation
oh, what desolation
recession
depression
the Soul-death
of hijacked humans
why are you giving
racists/fascists
an excuse to crush
all of us? -
with their boots
on our necks
they have never
had any respect
for pure people
or pure poets
evil is evil
no matter who does it
brothers and sisters
you must rise above this
and drive away
all wickedness
and not be fooled
by all of the hypocrites
go deeper
into your vision
nurture
a more far-reaching imagination
let no dick chain thee
go deeper in your inner-regions
nurture
greater visions
transcend human
free yourself from the tether
physical passing is transformative
Soul-death is forever