" ON A WARRIOR'S FAITH "

Dear Lord, how great
Is the sweetness
That you will bleed for?
Dear friend, when I cry
Why is it
You see more?
And when my sister died
Why did I fall down
And cower?
And when my hands are clean
Is it a trumpeting
Of your power?
Dear Lord, I feel
I require more
Than food and water,
Dear friend, we must be modest
Sheer the sheep
Spare the slaughter,
And when these two things
I feel become
A river between us,
And when the black
And white becomes
The ultimate difference,
Dear Lord I pray to you
In your most divine
And Holy deliverance,
Upon that
Which we understand
As righteousness,
And Holy
Justice.....

Tony Taylor   (Chicago)