Hear These Words - Understand Them.

[ramandu]

I believe in living.
I believe in the spectrum of Beta days and Gamma people.
I believe in sunshine.
In windmills and waterfalls,
tricycles and rocking chairs.
And I believe that seeds grow into sprouts.
And sprouts grow into trees.
I believe in the magic of the hands.
And in the wisdom of the yes.
I believe in rain and tears.
And in the blood of infinity.

I believe in life.
And I have seen the death parade march
through the torso of the earth,
sculpting bodies in its path.
I have seen the destruction of the daylight,
and seen bloodthirsty maggots
prayed to and saluted.

I have seen the kind become the blind
and the blind become the bind
in one easy lesson.
I have walked on cut glass.
I have eaten crow and blunder bread
and breathed the stench of indifference.

I have been locked by the lawless.
Handcuffed by the haters.
Gagged by the greedy.
And, if I know anything at all,
it's that a wall is just a wall
and nothing more. It can be broken down.

I believe in living.
I believe in birth.
I believe in the sweat of love,
and the fire of truth

And I believe that a lost ship,
steered by the tired, seasick sailors
can still be guided home..to port.