Try
Written by Kelly Ann Wilson

I’m not quite sure
Just how to go about
Changing the world
But I know I have to try

I’ve been so blessed
To have all of these
Tiny humans
In my life

My wish for them
Is that they will see
A better way
We find

And grow up where
They are free and brave
And strong
And loud
And wild

I have to listen more diligently
for the subtler, sometimes taciturn thoughts.
The ones that filter through the heart;

not wanting to miss anything being said.
There, in the arena where I wrestle.

I’ve been living in this bomb shelter so long
I put up curtains
To block out the sunlight that doesn’t shine through
The concrete anyway
Not sure when or if I’ll again see the light of day

All the folks down here like the soda can vases
I’ve filled up with origami roses
Still white with the blue lines and black ink
Of words I don’t want to think
About anymore
Parts of me lost in this endless war

They lied from the beginning,
From the origin of sinning.
They had false explanations,
For their greedy explorations.

They sought to hide the proof,
Through rewriting of the truth.
Cancelling out all those Awake,
Because they know what is at stake.

Now they fear their lies may be uncovered,
Are determined they're not discovered.
They seek to lock up those who dissent,
Those want to stop and to prevent,

Guarantee of eternal life
linkedin with prolific brood,
yet antithetical to broach
population control, winnowed down
courtesy birth control
nevertheless military conflicts,
(albeit wantonly, violently,
diabolically and cruelly)
reduce number of Homo sapiens
impacting planet earth.

We sat on fallow ground
while all around us poppies grew,
night turned her glorious head
and as twinkling stars blinked
innocence rained, and was lost

when the petals started to bloom
our hearts were hardened stone,
even then, we again raised eyes heavenward
waiting for small miracles to materialise
that astonished the mind, body and soul.

"You're my choice"
"I love my choice"
You say
As you hug me tighter
Reassuring me of your love for me
You kiss my lips
And kiss my tears away

Not tears of pain
Or worry
Or fear
But happy tears

You profess your love for me
And let me know I'm yours

God
What a love this is

Frozen in the mirror of self reflection
Trapped in molecules of glass
Accepting what may come
Consequences of the past

Around me, sterile, barren ground
For “now I’ve become death
The destroyer of worlds”
in a single solitary breath

Penance from my fortress tall
I gaze upon the fateful days
This vast destruction now besets
My kingdom in one thousand ways

Without treaty, under siege
I leave the drawbridge down
The knights of heavy thinking
Be thy marshals in this town

Reflection of own inner voice
Hear me through with the justice
And spare me the understanding
Of the true value of a great freedom
To find purpose in peace
To overcome with a carry of a burden
To seek justice is coming through
With the prevalence of unity
Through the darkness of time
To conquer with fear
That no harm is done
To champion what we feel
For what justice is standing for
That humanity is one truly precious kind
So let the reflection of own inner voice

Does any one know about my lord?
Does any one know what pain he endured?
On that awful Calvary
Does any one know why he died for me?

He died because he loved us so.
He died to set us free from sin.
He gave up his glory in heaven above
to come to this sinful world below.

But now he has risen from the dead
and the church now has him at the head
He still would heal the sick, the blind
If we would only trust in him