Kit Kelen #1415 - on fire - be water

1415

on fire – be water

from a dry place

a poem for Hong Kong

I thought of you again today

your autumn

how it cannot end well

here more and more aware

of the weather

a fear of lightning now

someone has turned the planet for money

and now they hide from the fact

but it isn’t all about me

stand up

it’s right to be water

in a house on fire

is that what we’re throwing now?

oops, I forgot

and how do you tame your dragon?

it’s only in imagination

there’ll be chimes times up

seen this sort of thing before

am I a superhero?

is this a game?

a walk of life from everyone

I have an amazement for you

dragons aren’t tamed

they go down in the dust

then another dragon gets up

we are all Chinese after all

except for language, skin

and there is no religion

never thought it was in you

under attack must defend

better be water though

do what you must

better to die on your feet, is it?

nice theory but I’m worried for you

likely I’ll be wrong again

I can smell the smoke where I am

can’t tell the tricks of the wind though

I had thought it was all about money once

that someone on a ledge leans out

someone’s about to jump

that’s your graph

and glorious

somewhere west ones of a difference

are chained to a desert to die

stand up

we are wronged

there is no doubt

who is it tricked us to here?

another island’s floating off

how may I separate your empire?

 oops

mustn’t call it that

must not say emperor

or stir up dust

all of this for fear

distrust

show no mercy they say

stand up

pretend that I’m American

liberty goes down in a heap

always had a gun this

but I’m the one defenceless

aim at me

make martyr

is it for freedom?

is it for right?

for something we caught on TV

diseases of fine print

never underestimate monster

vanish for nothing, will it be?

a bottle of fire is thrown at the smoke  

the world turns

and will the world see

over the border

read only lies

all of the lies about me

stand up

stand up

walk into their fire

place bets

it’s all about who to be

it’s right to be water

in a house on fire

am I a superhero?

is this a game?

hear crackling through the static

that is the past

and it’s coming again

the future goes like this

imagine the dragon

you’re born to tame

there are so many questions

what’ life worth?

mine? yours? anyone’s?

all bets are off

is it too late say

step back?

all that won’t be forgiven goes on

there is no umbrella

for so much rain

all the rain is fire

will I be hero?

and who will I save

when no one comes to save me?

don’t catch us in a corner then

apologies, must flow!

in a poem it’s not so simple as life

it’s right to be water

in a house on fire