to live through

by Roberto Lavidez

raising a

new voice

for all

the world

to hear

with three

hands

tied behind

your back

you drop

a bomb

and it falls

on the just

and the unjust

to piece

the darkness

which hangs

over entire

peoples

obscuring

their own

history and

contemporary

struggles

there would

seem to be

some great

headaches

ahead

because

of the

incompleteness

of our

knowledge

complex

feelings

and private

thoughts

the kind

that carries

with it

the seeds

of its own

destruction

to live through

a long life

of slavery

living in

a state of

alienation

living

with grief

and anger

sullen hatred

at cruelties

a gangrene

that needed

to be excised

in the bonds

of wretchedness

and misfortune

temptation

to conquer

the demon

letting the

true nature

of scoundrels

be known

and then

to save

mankind

marked

by the

expectation

of eventual

annihilation

a whole

system is

beginning

to emerge

to pass

without

delay

from fear

to confidence

a completely

decisive role

in the

difference

between

salvation and

damnation

preferring

to live

while one

is still alive

©robertolavidez2014