Raining Leaves

Leaves rain
Coloring the atmosphere in triumph and glory
Radiating red, orange, gold, yellow…mellow
Whispering as they float

Falling
Falling
Falling

To the street
In search of the beat
In search of the beat
In search of the beat

The beat of abundance over fleeting finance
The beat of food security over scarcity
The beat of jubilation over desolation
The beat of victory over tragedy

Leaves…leaves…leaves
Red, orange, gold, yellow…mellow

Falling
Falling
Falling

To the street
In search of the beat
In search of the beat
In search of the beat

The beat of hope over drugs and dope
The beat of a positive alliance over daily violence
The beat of expression over depression
The beat of peace over wars that refuse to cease

Leaves rain
Coloring the atmosphere in triumph and glory

The Light

Procrastination
The lack of motivation
Life walks right on by

Woe is great anger
Filling our hearts with sadness
And desolation

Tears press their way down
Cheeks scarred by years of hardship
Forming pools of stone

Death awaits us all
Neatly we prepare our clothes
To dress our remains

Depression is near
Anger and isolation
Give in to despair

Yet Jesus is there...

Jesus is the light
Standing near...close to our hearts
Waiting to show love

Survive the Lie

A quarter moon sits in the sky as day turns to dusk. Deprivation sings of starvation. People are hungry, food insecure. The House of Love Soup Kitchen lights the way providing respite in the midst of hardship. Volunteers are busy heating up food and preparing for dinner. The newspaper man passes out papers filled with reports about the occupations and demonstrations all over the country against gluttony.

Occupy Wall Street…occupy Oakland…occupy Washington D.C….sit in…march…sing in opposition to avarice and greed. Occupy and protest food insecurity and a collective insensitivity to the needs of the people. March against mortgage foreclosures in an economy where jobs are no longer assured. Sit in and protest incomes disappearing, finances changing for the worse. Sing out against a shortage of medications as desolation and depression loom on the horizon. Occupy Wall Street…occupy Oakland…occupy Washington D.C….sit in…march…sing in opposition to avarice and greed.

Faceless banks, insurance companies in their anonymity, and bell ringing brokerage firms confirm their solidarity and unite in their fight to hoard profits and maintain control of the wealth simultaneously choking the health of a nation killing the aspirations of the inhabitants.

Clients start filing in, gathering, socializing, enjoying a brief reprieve from daily tribulations. Hope infuses the atmosphere encouraging all to persevere through trying times and circumstance. Joy speaks faith into hearts sparking inspiration and motivation to seek the source and strength of life.

Dinner is served.