a land a land a land 
loving you gives me
a land a land a land
loving you gives me 
a land a land a land
loving you gives me 
a land a land a land
loving you gives me 
a land loving a land
loving a land loving
a land loving a land
loving you gives me 
a land a land a land
loving you gives me
a land a land a land

When a human being spends eleven years of their lives in the forest, braving the elements and using their bodies to physically fight for the freedom …

Field Marshall Muthoni, the woman.

the postponed love 
in the postponed city
was preplanned by
postdisaster specialists

the postcollapse love
in the postcollapse city
will be preplanned by
the rest of us 

the priority will shift 
when we prioritize 
our prior commitments 
to each other 
or perish 

our differences do not mean
my nor your destruction 
our differences do not mean 
my nor your destruction
our differences do not mean 
my nor your destruction 

what is your oath?

mine is to 
always always
always always 
always always
always always
always always 
always always
always always
always always 
always always 
always always 
always always 
always always 
always always 
always always 
always 

i enter through the back door 
of your love for me and so
i have to leave earlier 
to make the bus 
to make the train
to make the stoplight to you
is it a joke?
is all that waste? 
i find it hard to believe 
but i see i need to let it
be what it is
what will be will be
always loving 
always will be 
my apology

is it better to walk off the pain
or complain? i have found my answer
incomplete and washed out 
by the rains and storms to come 
the horizon is red with possibility 
every ounce of thought you put
toward tearing this thing down 
once and for all will be worth it
despite the venom you must imbibe
from time to time - well clearly 
must sweat it out! and try again
and sweat it out and try again