Barricades Or Bridges?
By Miracle Man
6/13/2024
All believers we’re appointed,
to be God’s witness.
By our words and actions,
we will prove our fitness.
To our friends, family,
and to a lost and hurting nation.
Our witness light should shine,
toward all of God’s creation.
I wiped a tear from my eye
Didn't know I still could cry
Thought I was too jaded
My heart, near barricaded...
Today I saw an Arab hug a Jew
Enemies back in '72
Forgotten now, what caused their hate
~ We humans are all soul mates
I tell you it’s been stolen and I have the evidence.
Don’t you even argue, you can trust my great defense.
How do I know you ask again? Because I told you so.
Raise the banner, chant the chant, it’s finally time to go.
Yes we lost in every court, but pay that fact no mind.
Keep repeating after me and confidence you’ll find.
It’s all a vast conspiracy, just trust me for I know.
Whatever questions you may ask, I answered long ago.
If I tell you long enough, I know you will believe.
I alone am truthful and my message you receive.
You cling to every word I speak, my vision you have fed.
Let’s March upon the Capital. Oh, you go on ahead.
We join the public social functions
To fill our time with emptiness,
And list our names with organizations
To barricade ourselves from loneliness.
We surround ourselves with similar faces,
Acquaintances forgotten when out of view;
They neither know our names nor places--
The friends we have are all too few.
We build our concrete dams of silence,
As if the passing time we could slow.
Barricades both defend and imprison,
Leaving us with our thoughts, alone.
Tear down your dams, and breach my barricades.
In the daily scheme of days
Where fit and bold survive
Solitude is one’s chief intent
In our plan to stay alive
People often find themselves
Apart and separated
Aloof and almost all alone
Their link with life negated
They are in a neutral place
But when there’s storm or strife
They get behind a barricade
And live an empty life
Keeping their lonely heart intact
Their fingers pure and clean
Never getting self-involved
With subjects crass or mean
For life to have more meaning
Kindness is the mission
Reach beyond yourself and heed
Someone’s sad petition
Friendship blocks the solitude
With all its hues and shades
Mix your life with others
Remove those barricades.