when the wolves and sheep are counted
when the scales are finally balanced
when justice can see
when the clarion sounds
& the good men come forth
where will you be
when the times of camels & needles eyes
is upon us like a coat in
winter will you be with us
or constricted by the sins of your father
your own sins the smell of insatiable greed
eyes closed deaf to the sound of children
forest oceans dying
when it all falls down
& it will
where will you be
when the false cover of innocence
is obliterated & we are naked with
what we did & did not do
what we let transpire in our name
what we pushed against profited from let occur
did not stop lived with considered collateral
when the price is extracted for standing
by when both innocence & ignorance are
not recognized as a defense for
bloodied hands where will you be
when you understand some stains
can’t be removed
where are you
now while the air trembles
with purpose
choose
life or death
choose
we are interconnected bound
by blood twisted like coils of DNA
we are one as surely
as there is only one sky
what happens to one will
fall like plague upon all
dig one hole
dig two
the second for you
where will you be
when right prevails
& it will
where will you be
when the cups are righted
the books are done
& the cost demanded
for what you have wrought
with the breath in your lungs
when the prayer enacted by
your hands has a life of its own
where will you be?