Jefferson Muncy, Jefferson Muncy Art

Birds Of My Feather

I see a nationWith a wall in the midst of themI see a people With bricks in their eyesThey break the wallsThat divide them from othersBut they feed the wallsThat divide them from themselvesWalls that eat and growWalls that fester, growing hairGrowing nails, teethThe people feed theseWalls dividing themWhile they plot toConquer the wallsSurrounding themBirds in cagesDream to destroy the forestContaining the branchesTheir cages are hanging on!You have a quarrel with the forestDear birds of my featherYou quarrel with the forestWhile you hang in your cagesYou say your cagesProtect you from each otherBut burn down the forestYou chant you singBury the one who plants the seedsFor the forest divides usYou dream of a heavenNo barriers, no edges, no beginningNo endWhile you sit in your cagesChanting and singingYou curse the walls around your peopleWhile you build the walls in between Tell me nowHow your peaceful heavenWill come from your caged selvesTell me nowHow your united heavenWill be emboldened by yourFettered mindsImprisoned hearts
Birds of my featherOh a proud and blinded people

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