Thursday, May 24, 2012

Remember

Remember
Brave young men
Gone to war
Giving their lives
To protect
America’s shores
Some just barely
The age of eighteen
Never realizing their own
American dream
Selfless acts of courage
No utterance
Or dark thoughts
Of regretful disparage
For their country
They were glad to
Answer the call
Valiantly
Fighting tyranny
Taking their
Fatal fall
So remember
When you lay
Your head down
Late at night
Say a prayer of
Thanks
For those who gave their
Precious life
For our freedom
Our safety
Our inalienable
Rights
Courageous souls
Resting now
In fields of honored
Glory
We must never
Forget to tell
Generations of
Their gallant
Patriotic stories

© Leatherman 2012

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Maurice Heath

Maurice Heath
Hater of the
Land of the free
Self proclaimed
National Field Marshal
What nation do you claim
Gave yourself a new
Name
What did that change
Still a ruthless thug
Intimidation
Is your preferred drug
Stole the title of
A party
You weren’t invited to
Founders turn
And walk away from
You
King Samir Shabazz
Breaking humanities laws
Kill the crackers
So you say
With blood of white babies
They must pay
For what
Your hateful existence
Racist against coexistence
You’re a
Disgrace
To the human race
Shade of skin
Has no place
In Dr. King’s
American dream
You’re sure to fail
In your evil scheme

© Leatherman 2012

Monday, May 21, 2012

Fire the Democrats and Republicans Too

Frustration with our
Nations leaders
Corrupt
Self serving hacks
Straining
America’s weakening back
Greed and power
The monotonous
Reason
Ravenous politicians feed
During voting season
Taxing everything
We say
Do and think
Driving our great country
To the brink
Of destruction
With dirty deeds
And blatant obstruction
Bankrupting the Fed
Spewing more lies from their
Overinflated heads
Fire the Democrats
And Republicans too
They play us for
Illiterate fools
When did a
Political party
Override
America’s
Honor
Courage and
Pride
Why do we take this all
In stride
I fear that it will be
Too late
If we wait much longer
We will lose
Our beloved
United States

© Leatherman 2012


Sugar Coated Death Factories

They call themselves
Friends of
Women in need
They want to help her
Plan a family
A hidden agenda from their
Evil foundation
Rid inferiors
From their
Thoroughbred nation
Superior race
Certainly comes
With a
Fair colored face
Target the
Dimwits
Darks
And
Impoverished souls
Convince them to
Destroy
Precious life
A poor womb holds
Responsible for more
Death to blacks
Than any disease
Or the
KKK
Yet allowed to
Carry on their
Murderous ways
Sugar coated
Death factories
In Ghetto’s
Abound
Where doctors
Of demise
Are easily found
Planned Parenthood
Their deceitful title
Legalized butchers
Of innocent’s vitals

© Leatherman 2012

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Echoes of War

Sadness flows
Through his veins
Engulfing every fiber
Of his body...

Deep in the
Dark corners
Of his mind
He questions the purpose
Of his life...

Death seems to be
The answer
To end
His torment,
Silence the
Screaming
Echoes of war
In his head...

Young men he knew
So full of life
Gone in an instant...

For what?
For politics,
Money,
Power,
For oil?

He punishes himself
For living!
He hates
His own being...

Shuns love...
Those who try
To love him
Break themselves
Against his wall of
Rejection! 

Before he can love
Another
He must learn
To love himself...
Again! 

(C) Leatherman 2012


Friday, May 18, 2012

Arlington

Walk softly on this sacred ground
Where American heroes can be found
Resting now after hard battles fought
Paid with their lives for freedom sought
Young men who gave their ultimate best
From north, south, east and west
Side by side row by row
Throughout the years their numbers grow
Spiritual brothers with a special bond
No words spoken to respond
Listen to the gentle breeze
Watch a soldier fall to his knees
Wishing he was in the grave
He’d gladly take his brother’s place
For his country, for me and you
Brave heroes died for red white and blue

(C) Leatherman 2012






A Slender Thread

Here today
Gone tomorrow
Bittersweet memories
Filled with laughter
Love and sorrow
We walk
The slender thread
Of existence
Faltering footsteps
Unpredictable distance
Leaving imprints
On broken hearts
When it’s our time
To depart
What legacy
Of you
Shall remain
One of love
Or one of
Disdain

© Leatherman 2012

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Bringer of Light


Cold dead heart
Seething hatred flows
Through veins of ancient
Winding worm holes
Where warm life
Once did glow
Bringer of Light
Angel of dark
Beautiful one
Morning Star spark
Black spirit
Lost your light
Millennia ago
Hunger for supremacy
Feeds the emptiness
Of your tortured
Soul
Vengeance you seek
For the loss of your throne
Cast from the Heavens
Separation from the Creator
Drove you insane
The lack of His love
The song in His name
Favor shall never be yours
Sentenced to an eternity of shame
Your only pleasure
Is to cause the world pain

(c) Leatherman 2012
Painting by Norma Peters



Sunday, May 6, 2012

If I Were A Liberal

If I were a liberal, I must toss aside
Common sense, and morality for all humankind
Everyone could do, as they damn well please
I would have no regrets, for any action I take
No apologies for a false statement I make
I wouldn’t have to rely on facts
Nor the blood shed from our forefathers’ back's
NOOOO
What is important to me, is that everyone
Is equal and free
To rely on my government, to take care of me
If I were a liberal, here’s what I’d think
Not much of that going on now
Of that there’s no need
Murder the babies, save the cons
Curse your flag, from dusk till dawn
Damn... heterosexual marriage
And Christians too
What are they thinking
Are they better than you
Support United Nations
They’re our salvation
Soldiers are obsolete
Pathetic and crude, so what if they bled
Who asked them too
If I were a liberal, I wouldn’t care
What happened to my America
Or anyone there
But I’m not a liberal
I still believe, in the home of the brave
The land of the free
I still love God, country, and my family
So call me a racist or a bigot
Or whatever you will
You’ll never change the
Way that I think, or the way that I feel
Patriotic to the core
Through and through
Forever I’ll bleed, red white and blue

(C) Leatherman 2012

Pyrite Regression


They take your land
And leave you a rock
They take your water
And leave you a drop
They take your heat
And leave you to freeze
They take your wind
And tax your breeze
They take your sweat
Say you owe a debt
They twist your words
And arrest your thoughts
They take your protection
Only they can have weapons
They break your will
And send you the bill
They promise equality
You’re no longer free
Their pyrite regression is
Cleverly disguised
As progression

(c) Leatherman 2012