the morning after

This song by Ani is one I listened to religiously after the latest "war" in Iraq began and after
the worldwide protests failed to stop it. For me, this morning after, it is a sliver of sunlight.
I think this is a good time to be wings to one another and in doing so, to everyone.

peace to all hearts.
much love,
j


"Animal"
more and more there is this animal
looking out through my eyes
at all the traffic on the road to nowhere
at all the shiny stuff around to buy
at all the wires in the air
at all the people shopping
for the same blank stare
at america the drastic
that isolated geographic
that's become infested with millionaires
when you grow up surroundedby willful ignorance
you have to believe that mercy has its own country
and that it's round and borderlessand then you have to grow wings
and rise above it all
like there
where that hawk is circling above that strip mall

more and more there is this animal
looking out through my eyes
seeing that animals only take from this world
what they need to survive
but she is prowling through all the religions of men
seeing that time and time and time again
their gods have made them special and above
nature's law and the respect thereof
and i think when you grow up surrounded
by willful ignorance
you have to believe that mercy has its own country
and that it's round and borderless
and then you have to grow wings
and rise above it all
like there
where that hawk is circling above that strip mall

ask any eco-system
harm here is harm there
and there and there
and aggression begets aggression
it's a very simple lesson
that long preceded any king of heaven
and there's this brutal imperial power
that my passport says i represent
but it will never represent where my heart lives
only vaguely where it went

cuz i know when you grow up surrounded
by willful ignorance
you have to believe that mercy has its own country
and that it's round and borderless
and then you just grow wings
and rise above it all
like there
where that hawk is circling above that strip mall