Sharrif Simmons
Blades
Blades
It fell on the only blade of grass
that wouldn´t bend when sprinkled with blood
or blown by the crosswinds
It would stand obsolete
splitting the crimson liquid
splashing it onto the adjacent blades
Angrily he said
the green is now a mixture
the final assault will take place
before the seventh seal is found
or perhaps in the moment when
collective reincarnation occurs
his speech was slurred
he whispered echoes of secret operations
behind foreign borders
the masked messenger receives
a wound above the knee
his wounded knee has
never healed
his wounded knee has
never healed
He whispers:
I know you are a priestess
You are earth´s mother
If you could only blow kisses to our wounded clocks
the potraits of time would heal us when we speak
And ever so often you need to be touched
so let me touch you
I do know you are a priestess
your mother played alphabet games
with the village alchemist
her favorite was turning hematite
to rock water
How was she to know
that they would call for her son
they loved his hair
so they took it
flew him to pure swamps
overrun by mosquitoes and anaconda
the tree version of the blue tiger would
visit him
when the acid soaked out of his headband
his foot pressed down on a clay mortar
sending a violent pain through his mother´s heart
another rainbow shines over Vietnam
another drop of blood
is split by a blade of grass
another drop of blood is
split by a blade of grass
I don´t recall why they told me her name
I guess it was to move me into believing that change comes aligned
with expectation
the flyer said: let´s create our own nation
we hear of wars and the rumor of war
and the rumor of words
shooting like stars
he told us he needed
the anthrax to communicate
an unseen meaning
the collaps of a nation
the natural ruins of empires
the wars and the rumors of war
I touched the blade of grass
as the master reached for my shoulder
what part of this magic don´t you understand
He lead me through a valley of blue crystals
I saw the remainder of corrupt constitutions
Nothing will remain standing
All things must change.