Stuck

we miss the peoples
and the smiles
we miss the steeples
and the aisles
we miss the Air
to freely Breathe
we wish to run
but cannot leave
we wish to trust
but can't believe
we give and give
but can't receive
we feel the tension
in our chest 
we're all so tired
but cannot rest
we're in a neverending
test
with no clear answer
that is best
the smoke is stinging
in our eyes
our lungs are shrinking
from our sighs
our minds accosted
with true lies
our hearts exhausted
from our cries
our throats constricted
by the knees
of fates conflicted
with our greeds
and racist in-
equalities
and mass unjust
fatalities
and shared authentic
wounds and needs
no place to go
and Breathe again
no space to grow
and Be again
we're waiting for
a Miracle
with dreams Divine
and lyrical
eyes dilated
and spherical 
ears drowned
by the satirical
but Spirits sighing
patiently
and Bodies waiting
actively
and Beings surging
passionately
encouraging
compassionately
empowering
true Empathy
enabling
Solidarity
engendering
Equality
our Breath
a strong, revealing Wind
to clear the smoke
of smouldering sin
our Tears
a soothing, healing Rain
for hardened Soil
of fear and pain
it's hard to see
Reality
when blinded by
anxiety
and hear the Song
of Unity
when deafened by
cacophony
and recognize
the Light within
when heroes die
and Hope seems dim
the steps we've taken
in progression
stilled by forces
of regression
longing for some
'good old days'
subsisting in
deceptive daze
of praise the Lord
and pass the buck
in privileged mire
entitled muck
believing we make
our own Luck
while inequity
runs amok
as Truth aims for our heads
we duck
and we make up our beds
we tuck
and we make up beliefs
we pluck
and multiply our griefs
we're stuck.

could humbleness
and honesty
bring Light and Grace
to clarity
and Courage
give us strength to share
the burdens
we so often bear
alone in selfish pride
and shame
while searching
for someone to blame
for wounds we fear
and cannot name
that fester in us
all the same?

could Justice roll
like Sacred Showers
and quell the lust
for fleeting powers
and Peace emerge
like budding flowers
and Hope arise
like shining towers
inspiring power
of Conscience flexed
to lift the knees
off of the necks
and clear the lungs
of the oppressed
and clear the minds
of the perplexed?

could Wisdom weave
its wandering Way
to waken Wonder
out to play
arouse the Thunder
kept at bay
to roar
'Equality today!'
and open eyes
to simply see
our foundational
Unity
that we're not stuck
like cats in trees
but stuck like buzzing
hives of bees
a frenzied friendly
Family
connected, Loved,
alive and Free
struck by the Spirit, 
made to be
one Beloved
Community?

O may the Love that fires the Sun
reveal to us that we are One
and heal us from polarity
release us from inequity
forgive us for iniquity
and free us from disparity
through Loving Connectivity
and Gracious Mutuality
transforming possibility
into One Blessed Reality.

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