SISYPHUS I put out the flames,

and you set it ablaze,

climbed your hill,

carried your weight

of doubt to bring life

to a world of:

sick, sad, sadistic hurt,

vicious cycles spinning

again and again,

wild fires burning

with out end

brothers AND sisters

re-burnt at the stake,

and the re-building

of walls I live to break You can build your wall,

as our love stands for all

You can build your wall,

as our love fights

to see it all fall I’m too smart to give in

to your hate,

I’m too strong,

not alone,

and unafraid

to see your walls:

of us and them,

and not knock them down

again

and again with soulforce —

I say again and again:

true love

trumps hate

again and again

OUT OF DARKNESS I’m so tired of waiting

and weighing me down

into the swamps of sorrow,

dank and lone

with no one to blame

but my own

hands tied,

mouth sewn,

eyes shut,

hope broke apart,

like that fearless thing I used

to call my heart come out of darkness: light no more sitting silent

in the dim dark

shadows of self-doubt

no more bowing out

and down to fear

no more darkness out of darkness: more

light of love

light of day

light of hope

light of rage

to stand,

not kneel,

to the great weight of the dark

and tear it out

EQUITY HEAD Walk me

through the

inequities

I don’t feel,

but hear on my streets,

see on my screens,

and ignore

in history

“Just have your sisters fail,

brothers chained, and

kept down by centuries of

unjust,

unfair,

bullshit equality,

dreaming equity,

screaming equity,

needing equity now.” I’ve got to see

context of the

unequal to me,

forgot and unfree

Join in the seas

marching the streets

dismantling the history of

unjust,

unfair,

bullshit equality

dreaming equity

screaming equity

needing equity now

MAY I BE I I need to heal myself

But the world wants

something fucking else

Something mindless,

something I am not

I’m not the violent son

cruel unloving one

abusive cold and numb

I am the kind son

gentle loving one

feeling my peace

come undone by the violent hate

abusive state

on repeat

endlessly

in your

society

DEVOID of vulnerability,

destroyed by your masculinity

so will you lend me a hand

to break and change

what it means to be a man to

love,

cry,

forgive,

try to heal inside may I be I?