Lost in a clarion of whispering voices. Mao Dun says that ‘you have the right to promote your own happiness’ Just like everyone else. Weapons of mass consumption litter the streets People afraid to ask why we are bereft of ideas Left or right Dark alleyways come alive with the words of Bob Dylan “How does it feel? How does it feel? To be without a home…..”
A place of constant energy And personal experience A sight nurtured to glorious vision Now can only see translated images. Faded to leave us in the dark And questions of vulnerability, depth and analysis. Have become a solemn species
Paths of beauty destroyed By the wind blowing through their black world A constant search for blindness To fulfill their empty lives
Going anywhere is enough
But I am full of the ecstasy of life Loud and clear streets
Knowledge, an unconstrained heaven Often comes with showers of sound From obscurity of thought Gleams a star