Cannot Be Confined (For Romeo Della Valle)

the truth... cannot be confined to concepts, or even words. sometimes what is felt is too deep to express. or perhaps the spirit moans, and only a few can hear... usually the ones who've been beaten the most. that fire in the gut, that burns the last thing grasped for... and leaves the heart as naked as the whore on the corner. but even she knows more than priests or philosophers... she lies sleepless in the dawn, with the taste of blood in her mouth! and the small boy cold in the empty room... praying for his mother, hunger gnawing at his face. the people who hide, in huts and in caves... from the sounds of the bombing, from a war they dont understand. and the old man hard, who doesnt say much anymore. who just stares out the window, clenching and opening his hands. the fire burns slowly, and the night is long!