"So we gonna walk through the roads of creation. We the generation trod through great tribulation..."
~Bob Marley "Exodus"
Why must we go backward, was there something we didn't learn,
something hidden beneath the smooth sanded sheet rock that has now dried and shows it's cracks?
Why are we condemned to repeat
the sorry sad history that time reviles?
Is that sodden mud that clings to the walls of this country spread so thin
it has now turned to powder in our hands?
Or didn't the tape rolled out and applied to the seams adhere and like stones in the long road home that are kicked up by the foot traffic moving forward, it camed unglued from the foundation of law?
I remember those two students in 1958 from pictures. And the looks on the faces of those who stood separate, thinking themselves superior by some accident of birth.
Over forty years have come and gone.
Will we wander in the dust again?
(c) Linda Gayton 2006
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(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.
Love Tinka
You always write with wisdom, and so much thought
touching on subjects that effect humanity
even those of us who choose not to acknowledge the past
in every day living.......but its there, and things can and do
go full loop
ty for this reminder
the humans need it
pax A
GOD BLESS!!!
Xxx dove
to ponder and wonder about. A message is within
I am sure. Great Lin! I've been absent so haven't
had time to read or write for that matter. But
your muse is alive girl. Wow!
the sorry sad history that time reviles?
A very sad and thought provoking question, that I frequently ask myself, about so very many things.
peace be with you,
carolyn
Susan