GRAFFITI

I admire Graffiti
Colorful pictures on the walls
Words uttered from the mouth
To unknown soldiers

Soldiers fighting in a tangle
Wars for your dreams
And for secret messages
To brave heroes

Nobody even knows anymore
Where it all came about

You have something to say to humanity
And you’re afraid to shout it to the world
Draw it !!!
On a bare ugly gray wall
They will then be beautiful

What exactly is graffiti?
People have a habit of drawing
Maybe one after the other
So why not on the walls
Why ban it?
Ridiculous laws

Graffiti, the wall tattoos of walls
And why not tattoo ourself ?!

Listen to the dumb soldiers
They want to tell us something
So read those unusual prayers
On the walls all around us
Prayers from soldiers fighting in
Bloodless wars
And yet in wars of pain
They softly cry so
Into nights in helplessness

Well, so to them already
Tell them, who you are and why
You died so soon !!!

(Summer 1999)