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Can You Bear To Love The World
We are drops of rain on the surface of the vastest ocean Single drops A single drop In an uncomprehensible deluge Onto an unfathomable expanse An uncalculateable depth And yet, here we are, single drops. Maybe I can grasp at the ungraspable But it won’t be with my mind Because my mind is a machine […]
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Quitters Never Win
I didn’t want to have any regrets So I tried as hard as I ever had And then, when I achieved the goal I set out to achieve I quit.
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The Tremendousity of Darkness
It’s not easy to find the darkness It’s not easy Because you don’t know it exists Because your ego Is a bitch. You may get your glimpses They won’t be what you think Death… No… That is just pain No. The darkness is not pain It’s darkness. Love loss… No. Love loss is just pain […]
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I know you
I know you. I’ve been in the deep, dark with you, I remember because you stayed at the entrance of the cave even though it was your idea to come explore in the first place. I know you. I’ve heard you brag. I’ve seen you get offended and be wrong and get offended again. I […]
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A Good Friend…
wants you to live a more joyful life doesn’t let their own fear keep them from you will endure will be refreshed at your waking up act awkwardly or angrily when you show your pride -or maybe, if you’ve got a really good friend, they will act with love.- will treat you as old as […]
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Practical Issues
By all means speak your truth You can’t murder anyone with the truth. But murder isn’t really the problem, Anyway. A slave spirit, I know, is full of secret rebellion Human rebellion at the atrocious assumptions of the master. There is no choice in this rebellion, It is not your choice. You are human. You […]
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Dear terrified people with white skin
Chill. (dear black people…thanks for introducing such a cool concept as “chillin’”) Chill. The institution is abuzz with activity, just listen to it hum. You can almost taste the creativity when you’re suckin’ on your thumb. Who is the first to proclaim they know who is the first to start the show who is the […]
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Thank God I’m Black!
Radical racist righteousness alt-right, alternate universe ctrl-alt-delete the whole thing restart. We’re not computers, no matter what they say. have you listened to yourself? have you heard the things coming from your mouth as if they are directed towards you, rather than away from you! The arrogance and ego coat like caramel syrup, The privilege, […]
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Owned
I dreamt of the most beautiful woman She was, to me, all my dreams And still a dream I was refreshed and reborn in her beauty Like spring grass or Winters sunlight The thawing of the world Was my heart for her I was no bigger than a boy, really So completely overmatched I existed […]
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What is Patriarchy
I don’t understand this word the way you understand it. Speeding trains of indignation and righteousness blur by. This train doesn’t stop for me. I’m not sure this train stops for anyone. But who is driving and where did it come from? It’s so disgusting, like the foulest smell to hear and see excuses, I […]
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I Want to Rage
I want to rage and part of me shakes and vibrates. It is mostly encased in glass now, mostly. I see nonsense. nonsense. nonsense. And I want to rage and beat it out of the holders. I want to beat it out. I want to beat it out. And then, I understand. The vibration dulls, […]
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Royales
It’s the Royalty disease. A little known but widely held dysfunction that puts oneself above the rest, without regard for oneself. Like sawing off the connection to others to punish them. The ever present “I”. The damage and the healing of the world is in direct relation to our own experience of the ever present […]