America First (a poem)
This America has always been, as you may have guessed, about conquest.
This America has always been, as you may have guessed, about conquest.
My thoughts turn, yet the air about me lies still, undisturbed. Tranquility without, while inside I spin.
[continue]. . .
I have been thinking, a lot, the last two days—about who I want to be in this moment.
i am the words i speak, i’m the things i do, i’m not how i look, or the things i accrue. you try to define me with the simplest of words but i’m far beyond that, though you think it absurd.
I awaken again, to the alarm bell ringing, hit snooze just one more time. Then close my eyes, let go once more, giving in to sleep sublime.
This is one of those
awkward
moments,
we all have them
and yet in the midst of it
I feel so foolish,
exposed,
helpless,
and alone.
The sky is still blue, yet my happiness wanes. Under the weight of words, the melody strains.
It’s winter again, it’s snowing outside, and my soul is as dry as my hands. A frozen wasteland, no less of a desert. My heart is parched like the sands.
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