( Beggars-eyes by Jody Fallon ) I cannot know what destiny awaits me. I cannot know where the stars came from or when mischief’s charade will end, or if my friends are really my friends or if this is just part of the bigger picture. Nicknames feign loyalty like The Sopranos® or lend their snake oil charms to the easiest prey so I might use my own thievery to prosper the blade. With my deeds winding tight across my flesh, I'm intertwined with bribes that steal the tongue of another’s spiritual grace. There was never meant to be Cain and Abel- a made-up tale of woe and murder and kinship… This tale of brothers (like my veins) whose manifestations mock and denounce the sacred ground upon which they lay their heads is a most heart-wrenching failure. All I know cannot begin to fill such emptiness grown too thin from the years of self-deceit. My sole purpose is to love… For love to indeed conquer all, I must treasure my duty to the eartH, the water and the sky, and hold d
(The Weaver's Song)