Do not punish me with your death
dear youth
I need you to need me
as you abut the abyss
I came here that you may have life abundantly
in this desert
of generous heat and heartless sands
I am an angel of mercy
but the mercy is yours to give
don’t let this wound win
this bullet blood flows and
rootless flesh
forcing surrender
don’t yield brother
the Janjaweed
cruel stalks of a craven wild
bearing horses of hate
and defiling libido
they struck fear out of fear
of you and yours
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the voyagers made your sister and mother
cargoes of a journey of lust and oblivion
I could not stop them
I have no weapon except compassion
my love to heal, the remnants of carnage
like you
angels of mercy
have no material revenge
so please give me a hope
by clinging on to hope
yours
they want to wipe you out but they know
your bulwark
your imperial breath of life
your eyes that accuse mutely
please don’t go
stay awake
let your courage and integrity
outlast my fear
don’t punish me with this death
or else I will have nothing to report
