Black Thunder

black thunder/ broken pieces, tired eyes. church bells silent ringing, crow feet scarred pillows. small children walking, without tongues praying, wagon wheels bogged down in sand. black thunder/ second hand lives, worn out lies. dead soldiers mournful singing, borrowed tomorrows. blind mouths moving, talking without saying, unlit rooms forged by fugitive hands. black thunder/ pregnant women without faces. waves lapping orphan feet, ships lost in the storm. refugee stars lost in unmarked skies, an old tree dying rotting on the ground. black thunder/ families disappearing without traces. trash blown deserted streets, old men waiting to be born. molded crucifixes, covered with flies, clouds chant scriptures without a sound. (guns silent weeping, angels prayerful sweeping. dreams born dying, dreams unfolding, looking without seeing, touching without holding.) black thunder/ hungry barefoot ghosts whisper. priests covered in blood, empty windows open. tiny infinities wrapped in colored matchsticks, nowhere standing lost by the road. black thunder/ brothers burying virgin sisters. dialogue without talking, homeless heroes smoking. ants' prophecies well hidden, time worn bricks, strangers huddled against the cold. black thunder/ salvation starved borrowed clothes. smoke charred walls, forever dripping to the floor. flesh tokens paid, lifetimes yet unforgiven, candles dressed in cemetery suits. black thunder/ nobody cares, nobody knows. horses stomping stalls, doors open to doors. while the dead barter for the living, with bayonets and religious boots.... black thunder!