the whole world to paint

this life

I don't think I get it

the way she runs when I walk close to her

and comes up behind me to kiss my cheek

the moment I look away

but what concerns me most

is how easily I forget

to breathe

work work work and die

and maybe laugh a little

wheres the making love that i was promised?!

in every word and every action

in every goddam moment

in every note i hear

every leaf that falls

every breath i take

wheres the endless love that takes my breath away and makes me crumble at the roots

wheres the love that makes me forget how badly i want to fuck off and get fucked up

and die

wheres the love that makes me want to raise a child in this world?

who are they killing today?

children

mothers tomorrow

and the day after, they kill Jesus again

they always do

I hope you know when I say Jesus

I don't mean a person

I mean all of the people who are loving radically

the ones who will change the world with their love

by loving people who society does not

by loving people without conditions

by being love

THOSE PEOPLE

when they have killed all the children

fried out their brains with computers n shit

made them dumb and lifeless

zombies

when they have killed all the mothers

the ones who raise up and empower

strengthen and nurture

the whole world

when they have ground them into dust

then they will come for THEM

the lovers

and when that day comes, remember this

love is in every drop of water

and every breath of air

so they cannot take it away from you

although you may find yourself shivering,

alone in a bed of ashes

as children are bombed

and the woman you love has been ground into dust by a rich man's machine

and your friends are dead or dying from some needle in their skin

know that love is in your blood

as love is in your lungs

love for armor

a brush for a sword

all the colors

on your side

nothing to lose

the whole world to paint