Koan

Next,next...and up goes the volume.
It is known that in 1862 Honest Abe
Freed the blacks
Did this declaration of so called freedom ring true?
I believe it did not, so listen as I tell you
The segregation and the separation can not end,
Will not end
As long as we tend
To fuel it.
Look around at the disconnected souls
Treading quickly from place to place
Upon their soles.
And a glance at their face,what's to be found?
A circular device in their ear, emitting sound.
The sound that for some silences,
And for others speaks
The sound that makes us deaf to others' needs.
We stick with ourselves.
The attack on Iraq and the plea to fall back.
Ignored.
A man, just one can run the world.
The rules of war state
A country destroyed is a country rebuilt
Another proclamation that proved to be false.

Constantly we seclude ourselves from each other
And turn around and call a total stranger brother
Embrace one another,
I ask you,
Discover someone
Uncover their pain, and share their happiness.
Emancipate yourself from the invisible barriers
And proclaim it to the world.