The memories of red drip from her throat Drowning the past in darkness She swings, head pulled back Choking her final scream The scream for life For love But tis’ but a whisper. A breath of death chilling the earth to silence The one whose heart beat for her Ran He was next The one the gallows waited for But he was not running away He ran to the rope Letting cry his last words “Through death our love will live” 

the mocking bird hears the pain of trees, and animals being slain but what can he do to stop the animals at the food chains top they hunt for fun they kill for rush life coming undone 

when it was once lush and the mockingbird sings the songs of life and death in with every breath how can it sing? with the souls of its kin flying through our sins the smoke hurts its chest as it does its best to remember the sound of the beauty all around before it is gone and it sings its last song of death we caused remember and pause for the Mockingbird’s song 

The Cleansing waters 

Take me down to the waters and cleanse my head I’ve got a mind so sick that some would call it dead No one would ever believe what I said So take me home Leave me alone Cleanse my head with the power of God I need to see where I’m going let me through this fog And let me be swim in the river like a rolling log And be free So see the black come out my eyes and ears Let the good Lord wash away my fears And let me speak only truth for the rest of my years I said take me down to the water’s edge Let me fly off of this ledge Let me take the leap of faith In good grace. Let me see through this fog Clean my eyes with the power of God Take me to the waters To see my father Good glory God.