….And I Know Somebody Hear Him [Listen for David Kato]
by Jair, The Literary Masturbator
…and I know somebody heard him as they bludgeoned him with a hammer [Listen for David Kato]
Blood spurting from his body
Bones Breaking
Organs collapsing
His screams silenced by ignorance and fear [Listen for David Kato]
His cries for help muffled by the cloak of Christian colonialism[Listen for David Kato]
….and I know somebody heard him as he said, “I fear for my life” when they posted his name and image in the, “Rolling Stone” with the admonishment to, “hang them”
His voice fell on deaf ears [Listen for David Kato]
His death represents a dearth of compassion and unconditional love in a time when those should be valued more than diamonds and gold
...and I know somebody heard him as he joins the ancestors [Listen for David Kato]
The countless, nameless, faceless two-spirited beings that guide us and offers peace that passes all understanding
Safe from the harassment of government and those who claim a Christ that spreads a message of hate
Do you hear him? [Listen for David Kato]
I hear him
In the wind and rain
In the still small voice in my heart that says, “go on...”
Listen for David Kato, and all the others
Speak their names
Make their lives eternal & everlasting
We are all witnesses...
Now it's time to testify....
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1 comment:
The poet's message is clearer than a bell...David's death can not be in vein. Love's strength is stronger than greed, bigotry, and the government of hate...and we gotta pull our love together in David's memory and fight. Love this poem. Peace.
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