I cannot know who you are And if you will not share, I will not learn You wrap yourself around anger Demanding I say yes to simmering spite Telling me about people who are just names Refusing to help me connect dots So we separate You blaming me Answers, I will still seek
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Answers
Sometimes from a book Other times from a person But I find the best answers From experiences
Storms
The storms always come And always at night Disrupting my rest, my peace, my sanity Reminding me of those moments with you Frozen like winter's ice in my memory There will never be a thaw The ice will never melt So I am stuck with you Forever
Choice
Do whatever you want Your choices are yours Unless I disapprove Then you are bad And you don't want to be bad, right?
Mountain
You keep climbing the mountain Smirking like a serpent Making fun of those you see You think they look up to you With your ego, you miss the obvious They mock you From even higher perches Places you can never reach
Reflection
Familiar eyes stare at me Knowing what I'm thinking and feeling I am not reflecting alone On days and moment gone by
Inch
Advancing Only by inches But advancing
Orthodoxy
If you check all the right boxes Every. Single. One. You are one of us If you do not Even. Just. One. You are excommunicated Choose wisely
Message
Message sent Not with a dove But with a bomb Brutality masquerading as toughness The people know the truth They have long memories