Category Archives: HWM

Here the children liePlaced by their parents side by sideNever to play or laugh againA silent ache that never mends. Here Mamma and Papa lie silentTheir coffins buried beneath green bowersBrothers and sisters, aunts and unclesSharing their eternity of grief … Continue reading →

Too many stones to remember and the people who will never be This one won’t be a fireman This one won’t be a nurse This one won’t be a father This one won’t go to church Each stone is a … Continue reading →

Memory fades. The dead are buried. When morning breaks the screams are silenced. If the dead had any message They would tell us to remember To not forget the murdered children Who feed the harvest in fields of pain Where … Continue reading →

Hiding, everybody’s hiding that they’re not dead inside. Laughing, everybody’s laughing, because it’s not funny anymore. Running, everybody’s running from the killing fear all around us. Lying, everybody’s lying because the truth can’t hide forever Dying, everybody’s dying to keep … Continue reading →

It makes me so angry, the horrible things people say That can’t be answered, that need to be addressed But it ain’t no use because their minds are so fast shut Nothing I say can ever light their darkness. Anything … Continue reading →

Don’t know why anymore than where No, not really, if you have to ask But time’s a wasting and you can’t go back Gotta go onward, ain’t no use. Some folks talk about like its a train ride It’s a … Continue reading →

“No” seems like such a simple concept. It’s kind of like “mine.” It doesn’t have a half life. It is terrifically influenced by context, It is something everyone controls or no one does. You’re supposed to know it when you’re … Continue reading →

What a crazy quilt collection Just a kid, they say, he’ll get better. Just give him time they say. Daddy does not approve Doesn’t understand or believe in what Al wants Respect He tries to be such a good father … Continue reading →

So many ways ways to fuck up, Jesus. Did I miss a single trick? Nope, not in this life. No one trick pony here, that’s fer sure. I know all the tricks, every last one, damn it. Not that any … Continue reading →