FIRST AID / LAST RITES 1966
by TI Tim Lawrence
FIRST AID, LAST RITES
1966

First aid
Last rites
The hour to hour way we live
God is in our minds every time we lift into the air
An hour later true time takes over
And fills us up with love remembered
Our good time love to come

I killed a man today
The only thing I had ever hurt before
Was a woman one time while making love
And then I only kissed too hard

How does it feel to kill?
Like dying lonesome and unloved yourself
Like cutting living grass
Or losing all your marbles
In a match that wasn't right

They are not dummies
On an infiltration field
The silent enemy below breathes, too
Someone should have told me that
Before I ran that red stained field

When true time takes me over now
After God has helped my mind awhile

I think of love
I love my fellow man
Perhaps a little more today
Tomorrow I'll go gently then
And give the other side a chance.