Nothing Sacred But Love

Jeseppi Trade Wildfeather
4/21/00


no idea why the sun keeps shining
why the sky is filled with lights
lost in a memory
moon keeps glowing
on deserts darkest nights

what do you hide
in your marble mosque
beneath your ebony gilded leaf
who do you worship
said an arab priest
to a left handed thief

nothing sacred but love
nothing sacred but love baby [repeat]

she once heard
the voice of jesus
through smiling buddhas in each ear
she got caught
in a sandstorm
as she chanted
beneath two camels
filled with fear

she was an animal
she was abused
six thousand years
worshiped a calf
castrated hope
her mateless eyes
filled with tears

nothing sacred but love
nothing sacred but love baby [repeat]

holy mountains
piles of rubble
famous wells bittersweet
lie in places
he once walked about
where vultures come to eat

the ancients saw him
heard the voice
incense carried in a breeze
where princes battle
he once stood
between two elemental trees

nothing sacred but love
nothing sacred but love baby [repeat]