BEYOND BARS: Heal and Liberate Lifelines (Poem)

By Michael Forrest
Frackville, PA

disaster capitalists
masters of disastrous
naturalness
nlg catalyst
never waning
weighing in
against banning
what u.s.a. endorse
standing lawyers 4 the peoples’ force
global war cries
against u.s. saber rattling
nlg bourne ties
keep battling
along side
prisoners
students & worldwide missioners
our faller soldiers
are the amounts
we stand on their shoulders
arsenal of victory
bank account
reclaiming defacto history
restoring censored
roots mystery
unnatural disasters
colonizers mass
destruction
our mass movements
work to end this
corruption
while juggling
charlottesville
struggling
preventing blood-hot
spills
slapping statements
by amy wax
trump race cards
vacant
questioning a peoples’ tax
protecting our
rights to travel
joy in our fight
unravels
manifesto
probing UNESCO
who should be doing more
to protect Palestinian rights
injustice in this war
is injustice to human plight
as u.s. saber rattling
against peninsula
in Korea
babbling
its case of gonorrhea
a white racist
supremacist
disease
imperialists
sick degrees
super class purview
their hunting times
persistence
nlg mass defense continues
frontline resistance
trump is nothin but a con-man
his corp, marionette
master don plans
actors on the world
stage
targeting global folks
for cages
heather heyer’s life
alerts heartbeat ultrasound
her spirit gives our fight
rebound
for water protectors
conscientious
objectors
legislation against
prejudiced prosecutors
decriminalization
of legal mobster
peculiars
no more homage crimes
of race to exploit
open doors for
homrich 9 case in Detroit
from rome to the
super powers capital
no more persecution
against foreign nationals
nlg’s mltf guide
challenging military
sex violence
pentagon cannot hide
or keep predators silent
and never forget
the cradle of civilization
without africa’s kismet
there can be no
true liberation
u.c.l.a.’s processor
euchice ho
students against mass incarcerations
gioing to blows
with imperialist domination
anti repression music band
san fran
globalization
colonization
corporate magnets
casting dragnets
and hurricane storm
cashing in on disasters
organized chaos scatters
some of us
while most won’t settle
for nothing less than justice
we are the peoples’ rebels
lawyers, prisoners & students
listeners
congruent
let us “scream” 2017
law 4 the people convention
celebrating 80
years standing tall
without vengeance
disaster capitalists
destroy
carribbean with
makeshift hurricane
oscar lopez employs
Last chance for puerto rico’s name
while our president
natasha lycia ora bannan
presents
contentions
for peace
cannons
to new highland
the island
nlg’s 2017 elections
& voting results
is our connection
to vitals heartfelt
we can never say goodbye
to legacy of john Thompson
while turning the tide
our strength remains constant
despite worthy opponents rancor
our choices don’t fail to arouse
foyers
beyond bars
voices of nlg jailhouse lawyers
and all aboard who cares
this savior affair
with a peoples’ fervor
savoir faire
our diatribes
heal & liberate lifelines