Showing posts with label justice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label justice. Show all posts

Thursday, April 22, 2021

P.L.P. (PEACE, LOVE, PURITY)

Looking for something we don't have, every woman and man 
Looking something in the sands as it sifts through the hands
A knowledge to understand walk as humans in this land

P.L.P. what we dream what we strive to be
What I see in you I hope you see in me
A deep feeling we all need to feel free

Hope for justices a victim soul within our hearts we will hold
Giving up is not giving in when pictures can be seen within
Good trouble is the call today as we continue to pray

P.L.P. what comes from the heart to the eyes should never be a lie
Not an activity; it is feeling experiencing the giving without receiving
It is something deep that we are needing

An emotion used as a lie just for a momentary feeling 
A word used and abused for a momentary lie
Look deep inside connect with the eyes; this is true life.

P.L.P. what we look for is a clean slate removing that self-hate
Steady the mind invasion a white page floating in an ocean is your stage
A point of light in you shining bright; it is the life that is always new

The white sari transforming the sister into an instrument hear her sing.
The tune of the flute flowing through me, and you 
Feel the knowledge it has the directions to what to do

Peace is the dream we strive to be
Love is an emotion of giving without receiving
Purity is starting over; it is what is inside of you.

©Copyright Thomas J. Dooley 2021 

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Tuesday, April 13, 2021

HOW DO YOU CRY

In the light of day, there should be no shadows, no douts
Is that what respect for life is all about

How do you cry when there is no time for life?
How do you cry when hate is all you can find?
How do you forgive every time?

With marching feet, the calls for justice and peace
These sounds still echo from the streets
Will the next tear to be shed will be for you or for me?

How do you cry when life is just a short time?
How do you cry when a lie is revealed as hate?
How do you forgive next time?

Serve and protect until the next death
Mistakes and excuses do not make you innocent
Justice and peace are political vinegar and oil

How do you cry when this happens every time?
How do you cry when the tears run dry?
How do you forgive this time?

Tears spilled on the streets of Minneapolis.
No one should die for a light to be put on racial justice
Living and dying has no longer has any purpose

How do you cry when you have no tears?
How do you cry when you walk with fear?
How do you cry right NOW?

©Copyright Thomas J. Dooley 2021

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