for Jaime
7:42
PM MST MARCH 19, 2003
lime green flickered on the screen
tears fill the empty spaces in
my vision
poets for peace
never enough for peace
I have been in struggles all
day long
sharing our vision
passion for peace
propaganda flowing on
never meant for peace
lime green simple image seen
tears flowing, whiffs of sandalwood
chanting begins
starting my prayer for peace
I enter my altar room
Tibetan monks are with me
chanting on CD
starting a prayer for peace
tears flow
Bodhisavatta
Kuanyin looks on
compassion in her eyes
eternal gaze of peace
I touch the well-worn beads
they settle nesting in my hand
never enough for peace
I begin to chant
tears flowing, whiffs of sandalwood
not the smell of peace
oxymoron bombs are
murdering
tears flowing, whiffs of sandalwood
never the scent of peace
ohm namea padme hum
ohm namea padme hum
I feel the screaming starting
far away
I chant with elders
monks were massacred as
chanting began, Tibet,
still chanting
sounds of peace
The flute player was in Chinatown
now playing his music of peace
sounds echoing to this room
never enough for peace
I chanted 999 times
never enough for peace
chanting 999 times
leaving the last
one
for peace
I now begin
my brown rice fast
never enough
for peace
I cry at least a thousand tears
never enough
for peace
Ohm namea padme hum
never enough
for peace
lime green flickers on the screen
never
to make
peace
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