The Beating Heart and Our Skin


"The Beating Heart and Our Skin"  

When the heart of a 
people stops -
blood brothers
and sisters -
when does God 
walk in?

there is no 
waiting patiently 
when children 
are taken 
by the monster
who grins

when does God 
walk in?

to assuage 
the Hell burning
non-discriminatory
in the lower levels
stoking its war
beneath our skin

when does God 
walk in?

Beneath our skin
am I not that 
I am 
somewhere
within,
watching 

we watch the fall 
complacent 
for we are human 
what can we do? 
we are we.
and that is them.

God 
watches 
the ghosts of 
all the others
calling Morse code
to The Supreme Other

God watches 
their mothers.

where does it all end?
where does it all begin?
the heart 
starts beating
under the skin 
Holy Ghosts within

(LadyLabyrinth / 2022)



“Teardrop”/Massive Attack
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Buzova near Kyiv, a mother 
https://youtu.be/EPW-4JES6q0
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty


Mariupol 
Russian claims more than 1,000 Ukrainian troops surrender in Mariupol /  BBC News
https://youtu.be/jd2MYpt4THE


Finland to decide on joining Nato - as Russia gathers troops for new offensive / Channel 4, UK
https://youtu.be/9p11LM2YLtM
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Date: 4/15/2022 8:43:00 PM
The Children / CNN - ---- https://youtu.be/_9rayjm0XoY
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Date: 4/17/2022 1:27:00 AM
Woman who lost son in Ukraine has message for Putin l ABC News / - ---- https://youtu.be/JJ6hKT5ZFU4
Date: 4/15/2022 8:43:00 PM
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