I was told
not to walk on grass or move rocks
for they also had the right to be the way they were.
for my presence should not shadow their being.
I do not know
how to come out of silence
for words have been poisoned
the mouths that once chanted mantras
now ooze out blood.
I was told
I had the spells to heal the world.
this must be another world.
for people here play in blood.