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Saturday, July 23, 2011

enduring the sessions


enduring the sessions

oppression
depression
repression
regression
suppression
aggression
digression
are all sessions
fought within the soul
principalities and dominions
is what i am told

places where mind is captured
in the realms of dark
and light struggles
to maintain
the saneness
fighting inaneness
upon the planes
of reason

and it fails
all too often
and prayer offers
but a brief relief
if your belief
is valiant enough

the teachings
offer comfort
if you have conformed
and wear the uniform
of compliance
for defiance
only brings to bear
more sessions of
oppression
depression
repression
regression
suppression
aggression
digression

and courage
to stand against the tide
or ride
that indoctrinated train
of social acquiescence
seems to escape
the thinking man
who is seeking certainty
and authenticity
for a free mind
that embraces awareness
absent of complicity

it seems as if
truth is an alien
who is riding
the etheric winds illusion
hiding
as if it too
has submitted
to the voodoo
of policy
and of those
who would cull
your blood
and your children’s dreams
for a dollar
or two

and the endless sessions continue
their venue
of infecting
our minds
as we sit reflecting
better days past
while vying
and complying our behaviors
to the lies we create
to survive
the convictions
we deny
every day

and Aretha said it all
when she sang
“Ain’t No Way”

yes,
how am i going to love you
if you won’t let me

better yet,
when will we learn
to love our self
and our children
and put an end
to the nonsense
and stop mounting defenses
within the shadowy world
of justification
because we wish to sleep
while the future souls of our children weep too
as we do
through every
act of
oppression
depression
repression
regression
suppression
aggression
digression
enduring the sessions


© 22 July 2011 : William S. Peters, Sr.

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