Why We Cry
They wonder why we cry,
But they can’t see the pain in our eyes.
Why, why did it happen?
If you would open your eyes
You would see our cries.
They say that they don’t understand
Why, but if you can’t see this
You don’t cry.
My heart, my eyes, they cry
Why, why, why,
Empathy, sorrow, compassion,
To me this is the same cry.
Open your eyes so that you
Can see all our lives cry.
What Is Pain? What Is Suffering?
The heart of man
Seeing the emptiness within
His soul, the eyes of his child
Love that cannot be reached
The starts in the sky
Far off dreams
This is pain and suffering
Voices in the wind
The destruction from a cold winter day
The touch, the intimacy
The woman, the new born child
Fourteen Long years
Life of the unknown known
This is true pain. This is true suffering.
STARS SHINE BRIGHT
The stars shine bright but
You cannot reach them
Far off places, dreams hopes
Things that give pause
But you cannot reach them
Mountains in the distance
Thunder in the sky
Things that cannot be touched
Freedom, birds in the air
Smell in the wind
Things that cannot be touched
SPACE DISTANCE TIME
Seen A Man Cry
It is a shame to see a man cry
When they see the pain in our mother’s eyes
Why is it so hard to see our child
Trayvon Martin
When you see your own child?
Today lies the lives of broken hearts
Tears of so many broken spirits
Michael Brown
Roots that once grew to be thick
Now are no more than sticks.
Freddie Gray
Where will the truth come from;
The truth that there is still
Abundant racism in this country.
The Black man and the Black woman.
The children that play together
Stay together.
Racism breeds hatred and separation
This is what changes the game.
Andy Lopez
We are all one, isn’t that
what is said?
One for all, and all for one
God created man and woman, God
Did not create race.
Let this be a lesson, each one teach one, see one be one…
STOP THE CRIES