Friday, August 16, 2019

Lives in the Balance Jackson Browne Lyrics

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  1. Couple twigs of immigration poetree and peace music video :)

    Trump's Wall Increases Valley Of Separation




    It's no wonder that the valley privation,

    Denial, degradation that separates a hungry,

    Abused, sleep or otherwise deprived child,

    Will increase in depth, with the 2.5 billion

    Tax dollars being stolen from your Gov't's

    Coffers going to build an unnecessary wall

    On our nation's Southern border.




    The more and higher that wall is built,

    The deeper that valley separating those kids

    From their experiencing families, themselves,

    Schoolmates, the world, compassion, and

    The more spread out, pervasive that destruction

    Of their, and therefore our, future's will be,

    Negatively rippling on for all eternity.





    "...fruited plains..."



    Transplanted here, only one of Gaia's fruits,

    What is my twinkle among the countless stars?

    In the USA, over a billion have come to pass,

    Not to stay, imbuing us with their place of origin,

    Their souls dancing, nay flying, in a universal way.

    For over 60 years Americans to be came through

    Ellis Island, headed to who knows where West.

    My grandfather, a Finn, Uru, which means hero,

    One of three who left a concentration camp that

    Fifteen thousand entered, did too, to NYC, NY.




    Following freedoms beacon, its first light he saw,

    The Statue of Liberty's still unscorched torch,

    Thanx to F. Auguste Bartholdi, and the French.

    "...Of libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom

    And a tabula ansata, a tablet evoking the law,

    Upon which is inscribed the date of the American

    Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776."

    "The broken chain of tyranny lies at her feet,

    Upon a pedestal, wherein etched words are, from

    Emma Lazurus' sonnet, 'The New Colossus'...",




    Which may rise again, only if we embrace them:

    "...Her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand

    Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command

    The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.

    'Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!' cries she

    With silent lips. 'Give me your tired, your poor,

    Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

    The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

    Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,

    I lift my lamp beside the golden door!..."




    Only 151 feet tall, she will ever stand taller,

    Or be turned to dust with us, all of humanity

    And large mammals, as well as the Earth, tragic

    Members of extinctions annals, if we don't stop

    The permanent altering of weather cycles through

    Overuse of fossil fuels, the degradation of the

    Earth's orbit around the Sun, etc.. We can walk in

    Nature's abundant balance again, as humane beings.

    Still, she gives hues to the vast canvas of what

    The Big Apple and its beautiful mosaic's art can be.

    Copy, share as you will. Thanx for all you do and don't, have a great day :) reality

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