There is a lot of liars out here,
Criminals ,Cons- Hustlers.
But there is one thing and
That's if something isn't True
If you are not honest with them
They can always tell, and
They don't like it
It's funny how people don't understand that.
----Miss Bartlett.
The Pilgrim -Black seed writers group
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THE RIGHT TO EXIST
Feels like all my living
has mostly been a whole lotta fightin
for the right to exist.
Sitting on a jetty in the autumn rain
Friday night
I 'm huddled in my raincoat
trying to write
without soaking the page
Girls in glitter and pumps come by
fallin all over and under the fog
first rangers , then cops come by-
trying to arrest me cause I refuse
to evacuate with no cause
But the girls in glitter can throw their
pumps all over the place
Long ago and far away
Colorado, rustle my stuff out of tall
grasses and rattlesnake nests
Confiscate my photos,
artwork for evidence
sent my sage and herbs
for forensic tests
Try to build a raft to camp
the only place legal and free and
they say my old discarded fence and
nails will never pass as watercraft
Oh,and so the stories go
just plain cut and dried injustice -
I try not to be belligerent
instead fight them with calm logic
make them question themselves
put their sanity on trial, to the test
so their heart may change. . . . .
But more often
Authority proven wrong
gets MEANER : seeking heads to roll
so the battle goes on
the never ending need to be right
and when you think you've found
peace, Look ! Here it some again !
Another fight for the right to exist.
--- Katie Schultz
The Pilgrim -Black seed writers group
Jan /Feb Volume 3, Issue I
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LENTEN DARKNESS
Lent will start in March this year. I've had to start
preparing for it now because it's been such an
intense year.I¹ve always been able to put things
in perspective, make peace with myself and move
on after holy communion, but this year I may have
to ask for some sort of extension.
I've met some very bad people and I¹ve seen bad
things happen to me and to people around me.
I don't have a problem with forgiving people;
I¹ve practiced that all my life.
But I do need to determine how to forgive these
people without enabling them to do these things again.
I¹m trying to understand their actions and intentions
so I can have a forgiveness that is clean and pure.
I won¹t receive communion at Easter with hurried
decisions of forgiveness it would be half-hearted.
Maybe I'll focus on what I can do, and get an
extension for the more complex things.
---- Diana Kottori,
Source : The Pilgrim.The black seed writers group.
