I Am.... (Falcon)

i am... the lament of oceans, grieving lost children. the latent sound of artillery, mother and son huddled. i am women oppressed, sold into slavery. i am the crack in the window, through which freedom stares. i am black skin white skin drenched in blood, i am sweat and toil, fields swept by heat. i am the american poet, who learned his craft in sawmills... built houses by hand, and grew his own food. i am pigs and chickens, slaughtered in cells. i am pride in prison, and self education. i am the grandfather weeping over a picture of his grandson. i am the price of justice, names spent and forgotten. i am the lover stalking, the shadows of night empty. i am the fire and the cross, the curse and the cost. i am mistakes and failures, i am guts and desire. i am balls and fury, gentleness and understanding... i am the prodigal son, my mother is the wind. i am the fighter who stayed too long... i am the pilgrim naked, the owl in the night. i am jesus and buddha weeping over hitler's grave. i am the victims of holocaust, the victims of everyday choices. i am the immoral saint, and the renegade monk. i am the lie of america, yet the truth and the hope. i am the murderer and the murdered, and the child abused. i am the promised land, and the walls of jericho. i am the reservation, bad whiskey and poverty. i am custer sent to vietnam, iraq, and afghanistan. i am the tears of crazy horse, and the death of the earth... i am sackcloth and ashes, and the sin of blindness. i am heat and desire, i am hunger and want. i am the heart beating, defying all odds. i am the falcon, the wolf, and the turtle... i am the kiss that turns shadows to light!