now if the promised heaven is important to you you may want to follow the prescription of gospel doctors those folks occupying pulpits on fridays saturdays or sundays and increase your contributions to their more than worthy cause hell you may even elect to help paint the preacher’s manse but i’ll assure even before the paint begins to dry you’ll start to wonder perhaps because of the paint fumes why you’re spending so much time doing what could be contracted out if other parishioners would or could feel the spirit of god in their souls you know the ones who claim to be moved to be disciples as long as it doesn’t cost them any money just words it’s at that point you consider putting the paintbrush down and stuffing it up someplace else
please stay
in
your
designated line
divine blessings
on
earth
are allotted
according to
your position
in line
but
rest assured
that
you’ll
be
given
a fair share
of
life’s bounty
upon
your souls passing
into
the chimeric promised land
a sure guarantee
from those
who
oppressed you
during
your time
on
earth
can’t hear own thoughts too much noise trafficking from lies and hate masking out voices in pain homeless dreams some wrapped in the currency of war but what can one voice do to rise above war’s cacophony of misery though a simple solution one could join the choir of hope sending forth words of unwavering belief in tomorrow that grasps the minds of social sinners like an old gospel hymn swaying the coldest heart towards redemption or offer up such a sweet solo of truth so powerful that the walls of deception crumble into dust revealing all that was hidden that my friend is what one voice can do so rejoice
which star holds life like ours out of the 10 billion galaxies each with 10 billion stars how does one find the one with life and how does one find a lost love to say i’m sorry in a city with so many souls
one life to a book collections of short stories all first editions once a book has been removed just a few are remembered most are forgotten their spaces are soon refilled with newer copies dusty historical books the only remnants of souls
Read Between the Minds 