Changed and rearranged by things that I behold
Sifted then lifted and burned to purest gold
So collectively affected by the popular and old
On strings like puppet things only doing what I’m told
Like me all see that we were free but now are sold
To the system are we slaves losing wisdom growing cold
Change us now.
‘Amender of men’ be so bold
As to stir the many sleepers and arouse the blinded fold
To see the face we traded for comfort and for gold
And upon it lay our eyes till we become what we behold





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April 21, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Lisa
Beautiful!
April 21, 2008 at 5:32 pm
jenroush
This a great poem!
April 22, 2008 at 1:15 am
carolyn
yay! my favorite….
a new matthew poem. the thing i hope for nearly every time i spy a new matthew ray post. [sigh]
ok, my favoritest part…
“To see the face we traded for comfort and for gold
And upon it lay our eyes till we become what we behold’
wow. i can soooo relate to that right now.
makes me want to go write a poem. i don’t know… i may have forgotten how. been twittering too much
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April 22, 2008 at 2:53 pm
imoansnj
ilovethis!!!
April 22, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Rachel Kaiser
P.Matty writes poetry???
Very good!