Shoe leather sidewalks
Shadow cast skywalks
Hosts a bevy of ghosts
The long summer heat
Torch blue collar feet
Soles roasting coast to coast
Gothic museums
Gold colosseums
Unsheathes the royal wreaths
Flotsam and Jetsam
Worn Skechers gets 'em
Souls bleeding in the weeds
Do you realize they want to abolish not just ICE
but the US Senate AND the Presidency too
Reopen the borders and all the jails for good measure
Turn America into a coast-to-coast zoo
And don’t think we're immune
They’re coming to our towns soon
They're the DSA and they mean what they say
~ No longer a fad, they’re here to stay
One after Another
They came for your head.
Aching, filled with dread.
Without hesitation, terror;
Breed, anticipation.
Their eyes were burning.
Cloaked in disobedience.
In a source ritual.
I can’t explain the sorts.
Burden with disillusionment.
Drunk in confusion.
Tipping and double-dipping,
In nightmares.
Whose reality has come chasing?
For what they didn’t ask for.
Now that the past is knocking
On your back door.
Wild and braggadocious.
From coast to coast, always raising hell.
They want to leave you alone.
Their agenda is well-organized and
They boast about not being in disguise.
And flaunt their deep depravity.
Pretending to be somebody they're not.
IF I HAD TO WRITE
A FOREVER LETTER
TO THE ONE I LOVE
IT WOULD BE TO YOU
A NEVER-ENDING OATH
AN ENDLESS VOW
AN ALL CONFESSION
WITHOUT A RECESSION
DEVOTED ALL FOR YOU
IF I HAD MANY DOLLARS
SPEND IT ON OUR DREAM
GIVE YOU A HAPPY SCREAM
DEVOTED AND ADMIRED
TRAVEL FAR AND WIDE
YOU TWO BY MY SIDE
GO FROM COAST TO COAST
MAKE SURE WE SEE THE MOST
DEVOTED ALL FOR YOU
AS I SING THIS HAPPY SONG
KNOWING IT WON’T BE LONG
BEING HOPELESSLY DEVOTED
TO YOU.. YEAH YOU…..
,So shall this be it is written from land to the great sea
From you to me to see the rebirth from coast to coast.
The works of his mighty hands revealed
Blessed shall you be like a tree planted by the rivers of water
growing in grace in this world of unforseen people
places and things know this!
Blessed is the man that continue to walk not in the counsel of the ungodly nor
standeth in the way of sinners nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful but
his delight is in the law of the Lord and in his law doeth he meditates day and night.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that bringeth forth his fruit
in his season his leaf shall not wither and whatsoever he doth shall prosper.
The ungodly are not so but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in judgment nor sinners in the congregation
of the righteous.For the Lord continue to know the way of righteous
But the way of the ungodly shall perish! It is written so be it.
My witness
KJV
PSALMS1
P.S....
Irony that a colony built by ebony is migrant adverse
Shared curse spared if you leave or in a hearse travel
Toast iconoclast Trump’s boast America will unravel
Coast to coast what he craves the most does rehearse
In his perverse parallel universe wearing ICE apparel
So for feck’s sake forsake fake Tech on the make & take
For Czech poet Havel or new “The Nerve” host Carole (Cadwalladr)
Fly the flag at half mast die is cast this is the Last Post or Carol
The end's coming fast says our Ghost of Christmas Future & Past!
Searching for the truth with a prefixed notion,
we manifested in the void divine light,
towards which we looked with utmost devotion,
yet we were bestowed not with spherical sight
and to be truthful became not the ocean,
though we were compensated with bliss delight,
so we continued to wander coast to coast,
surfing the vast bardo like a soulless ghost.
Dare to dream Ashes nightmares it seems reawoken
Token words spoken after scares & flares teams broken
Dafter peacocking then rocking no blocking just shocking
Mocking laughter of the ghost of Christmas future knocking
Host boast from coast to coast toast as England roast
Boiling..recoiling..toiling & broiling this is our last post
Our iridescent flaming proper copper haired laird
Incandescent flairs no taming his despairs we all shared
Luminescent cares blaming Bazball heirs ill prepared scared
Stoic brawler our defiant mauler on a leaking reeking trawler
Too reliant on our brilliant defiant resilient glowering giant
Big Ben set up camp crippled by his men again & ripples of cramp
Overpowering pain courses through every vein towering skipper & champ
Heart on his sleeve…makes us believe in a reprieve heroic Firestarter
Immensity of intensity.. O Captain my Captain..our smarter martyr
To the social media managers, admins and for those of you who post,
Writers, editors, chaplains, parents and educators from coast to coast.
Our freedoms aren't granted by just one faith's might,
But by those who serve and have served for every American’s right.
They fought for the right to vote for the candidate of our choice,
For every American’s right, to have a voice.
No matter the color of their skin, their age or sexual preferences,
Atop each Vets headstone you’ll discover a variety of religious references.
From every religion, every spiritual path,
Defenders of the Constitution, every paragraph.
Not just the Christian, the Hindu, the Jew,
The Muslim, the Buddhist, to name but a few.
Oaths not sworn to a crown but to the parchment of liberty's vow,
And the military code of justice, our protectors yesterday and now.
Please remember this truth as you post from afar,
Our unity's strength makes us who we are.
It’s RACE that disconnected us, RELIGION that separated us,
Our WEALTH has set us apart and POLITICS divided us’
So just what should the color of FREEDOM be?
For true patriots it’s the first word of our Constitution, “We…”
America, America; How can this be?
Where is our love? Where’s our dignity?
Look at us now, tell me, what do you see?
Well, from coast to coast; All I see is misery.
When we were young... so wild & free.
On top of the world for all to see!
We still struggled, still disagreed;
But I think we had alot more honesty.
We've made ourselves a labyrinth of laws;
Sewn with red tape and loaded with flaws
We have no morals, and so much deceit.
See all the thieves running rampant in our streets?
The system's worn. We all will agree;
There's pushers in our prisons and we let killers go free.
Our head's in the clouds!
Look! There's no laws online!
No wonder we stay on the phone all the time.
Let's make a comeback! Start a new fire!
So that we become what we admire!
Listen up people, it's our wake up call!
United we stand, individually we fall.
Coast to coast
I move always with an open heart
I carry love in my heart from coast to coast
I portray an aura of positivity each time I flow
I leave my sorrows behind
I lock my grievances in the cupboard
I love to relate with a pure feeling everywhere I vibe
So I always move with an open heart
I carry love in my heart from
Coast to coast
Coast to coast
I disallow toxic energy around my zone
I protect my circle with purity and happiness
Cos i know the essence of life never exclude peace and harmony
I tell you no lie my friends
So I move always with an open heart
I carry love in my heart from
Coast to coast
Coast to coast
I never get trapped with hatred in life
Cos I rise to live above limited freedom
My elbow portrays the life i chose
My dignity is what it is
I never cross no man’s path
I prefer respect
I always give peace a call to exist
Yes am a man of no nonsense
I need no negative drama
So I move with an open heart
I carry love in my heart from
Coast to coast
by ego upstaged, soul’s light caged
we wandered earth like a lost ghost
fire of desire in our heart raged
for peace we wandered coast to coast
synced not to music of the spheres
by ego upstaged, soul’s light caged
we sought solace among our peers
mental battles ceaselessly waged
in the flow of time, body aged
we were but a dead man walking
by ego upstaged, soul’s light caged
stark haunting with dark fears stalking
shift to stillness made us stronger
heart sang, when from thoughts disengaged
choosing to suffer no longer
by ego upstaged, soul’s light caged
Said the TV’s weatherman,
a bright bloke on grey suit,
and with weeping eyeglasses,
“There’s probability of precipitation.
It’s going to rain from coast to coast.
Umbrellas, raincoats and rain boots
Are cheaper on Ebay.
Order from Amazon . . . galoshes and
calabashes...
It shall rain from Jerusalem to Jericho.
And no one shall be spared from the
sprinkles — be they Republicans
or Democrats.
Blonde or raven-haired.
So plan your wedding when a spell of
sunshine borrowed from Africa
falls on one and all, like the bright light
on the road to Tarsus.
Pray against a jealous tornado
which plans to disrupt graduation ceremonies
across wayward universities.
If you cannot pray, tweet.
Heaven also hearkens to tweets.
If you doubt it,
ask the birds
whom the Lord feeds".
They call it social welfare
when it is for the poor
To help the ones who have grown old
or sick and have no cure
They scream they don’t want taxes
and the richest scream the most
But it is just a game of words
they spread from coast to coast
If it is for free lunches
for children in our schools
the rich say it is welfare and
they should seek-out other tools
But when the rich seek money
they found the perfect way
They change the word to subsidy
that is the game they play
They pay their corporate lawyers
to fill out all the forms
Eliminate their taxes
and continue corporate norms
They use the people’s taxes
to make their projects thrive
The subsidies from Uncle Sam
keep billionaires alive
May we be blessed to understand in ever corner of the world
from every mountaintop to every valley…
from every coast to coast…
kindness and love will always be
the two things we need the most.
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