A want for destruction
Held by
A lack of faith
In the oneself
Wrapped in your
Pious hope
Choking on
Identity indignation
And the suffering
Justified, subsists
At the end
Of a pointed finger
Self-awareness
Driven by
A false awareness
Defined
By our self-imposed
Differences
In this we divide
Disguised
As compassion
While the oppressed
Become
The oppressor
Too afraid to deviate
From the group think
The fragile glue
Which holds together
This vulnerable
Identity
Distorted in its truth
As we are swallowed
By false beasts
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Amazingly entertaining and enlightening!! 🙂 🙂
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Thank you for reading!
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You are welcome!! 🙂
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Nice write my friend. Interesting topic to write on.
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Thank you.
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Wonderful work! The last lines are perfect, they swallow you.
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Thank you. And yes, they do, without you even realizing you’ve been swallowed.
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What to believe in? Falsehoods, group mentality, those who shout loudest or the self? You pose these questions really well in this piece, and the single word lines work perfectly as a focus. To me thus has an alomst rap-like feel about it. Great writing.
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Thank you Chris. Group think and loss of the individual is a dangerous thing.
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Indeed.
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My god Stories. How do you do it? The way I heard this in my mind… read it here… perfection.
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Eh, my seven year old actually writes this drivel, I just take the credit.
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Ha! Your child is a prodigy. Perhaps don’t use the term “drivel” when describing a child’s art, though, okay? You don’t want to squelch their creativity. LOL
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Hey, she calls my stuff drivel, she’s got it coming.
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*sigh* Now, now, Stories. Be the adult here. Two peas in a pod, I swear… 🙄
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Wonderful.
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Thank you!
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So relevant. Excellent!
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Thank you!
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Absolutely!
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I say it almost daily—the world is a crazy place.
Insightful writing.
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Thank you.
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A really poignant and valid piece, much enjoyed this one…
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Thank you very much.
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Nice…
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Thank you.
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You’re welcome man…
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A very competent portrayal. Wonderful!
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Thank you very much!
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False truths ,false hopes ,false beasts………..I love it
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Thank you!
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Amazing!!
There is too much creativity in this poem.
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Thank you very much!
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