Where They Choose

when you display, our brothers,

with firing squad intentions,

think of the time you were allotted peace

but now we have no peace, our voices

overheard as we try to get your attention

leave your  silly songs behind and welcome

the greater truth that we carry on our backs

for by your own statements, you harbor homeless,

there are hungry people who die a slow death

we do not have a plan for resolution

we only now that the greatest of woe

falls with the sound of a pin-drop today

though it will not be long before bloodshed

will speak the truth as we offer empty coffins

for lives so tired of spin and regulation

we could all fall asleep in our escape

and then awaken, we must, to start a dialogue

to begin the peace process today, not waiting

not covering our faces, but carrying the burden

that everyone wants to live where they choose.