sunrise over damascus

sunrise over damascus
saul fell on damascus road
became paul
persecutor to liberator
paul's christology mythologized slavery
servants be obedient to your masters
official sermon of black slave preachers
mlk's mentor howard thurman mama told him
boy read me the bible
stop when you get to paul
don 't wanna hear bout obedient servants
yes mama
howard thurman said
mlk plagiarized his mentor in I have a dream
sunrise over damascus
primordial city rich history
down road to Jerusalem
house of peace with no peace
land of Canaan
brother of Egyptians
then came Abraham
Sarah Hajar
Jews Arabs
Isaac Ishmael 
ancient times no peace
no peace now
land of prophets
Jeremiah Isaiah 
told us wickedness
where are the prophets of now
so needed at the gates of Jerusalem Damascus
Lebanon Egypt Iraq Persia
armies near Jerusalem to destroy what
what is not destroyed already
the people are dead souls in the dead sea
cedars of lebanon burn sweet incense of death
frankincense myrrh burn in the holy temple for naught
biblical prophesy
end is near
who is there to see sunrise over damascus
isis
israel
saudi arabia
russia
lebanon
turkey
usa usa 
iran
gulf states
egypt 
turkey
kurds
where is saladin the kurd
who is richard lionhearted
who is not 
neo-crusade
persia rises again
from Tigris Euphrates to Mediterranean
can we stop history
fulfill whose mythology
jewish christian islam
myth is myth
my story his/her story
sunrise over damascus
a million dead
how many poison gas dead
dead is dead
no matter how
blood bones is blood bones
a million dead
bullets bombs poison gas no matter
what mind game is this
dead are dead
no matter how
no matter why
we cry for syria
we cry
sunrise over damascus.
--Marvin X
4/13/18