...I am holding the gun
and
I am aiming at your faith.

I am at Peace,
I hold the Truth...

Kowtow to my hate.

                           ...Toffears

...du haut de leur colline,
les Grands
regardent les enfants
jouer au football.

Se souviennent-ils
qu'un jour,
eux aussi,
jouaient à la balle
plutôt qu'à la guerre?

A man who owns the corners,
ruins the world.

                                   ...Toffears

...Mack and Gill
were, somehow, deep in love
but always fighting.

For her birthday,
she bought herself
something for him.

Maybe,
one of these evenings,
if he was in the mood for giving,
she would ware it.

...and so,
it wore on,
the married and troubled life
of Mack and Gill.

                                 ...Toffears

...for the night offered me none,
I spoke of refuge and liberation.

Would my dark horse turn to white
upon the crossing of the river,
offering me time to escape?

                                             ...Toffears

...I could name a thousand gifts
other than Life.
Yet, it seems you have failed them all.

                                               ...Toffears

...the frames were hung,
printed paper,
memories.

Faces,
voiceless,
whose names were lost
but for a likeness from another time,
in sepia or black and white.

There was a chain in between the pictures
and a path we could not see.

Slightly torn and damaged,
young, as they once were,
now gone,
forgotten,
but for a likeness from another time,
in sepia or black and white.

These are your ancestors,
your history,
your DNA.

They are part of your culture.

                                                      ...Toffears

...the Outside world,
he said,
is only a reflection.

A broken mirror hanging on a closed door.

What is Perception
but an erroneous interpretation of facts
through ignorance and curiosity...

I will be Sisyphus' rock no more.

                                                        ...Toffears

...a rock for a bullet...

my hands,
as yours...

...let's not be blind.
Let us  not build a wall upon this land.

                                               ...Toffears

...we were your entertainment
and your judgement was severe.

Severed by youth, we built a wall.

                                        ...Toffears