Freedom
I bless the day I realised I wasn’t that important.
Only then, did I know true freedom.
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I bless the day I realised I wasn’t that important.
Only then, did I know true freedom.
(88 Characters incl spaces)
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One thing to take into consideration,
Is the ones we hold down in our estimation
Are the ones who could teach us most.
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Breathe in the world,
And out our years,
Shining freedom.
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We sell ourselves to each other
Assimilate with each other
Crave affirmation from another
Bitch about each other
And lose ourselves.
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We say we’re outraged at inequality,
React to new headlines incessantly
That are telling the same old stories.
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Tomorrow twitches and stings
Tonight I’m longing to sing
Out a chrous, an anthem, a prayer
Climb neonlit scaffold
Dance off the scare
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Always empty on my right side
Always tried to dig inside
People behind the facades they present.
Truth burns in kind remarks we resent
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We plaster a false clay mask over clenched faces,
And hope it’s edges don’t break
From cracks our biting lips hold together.
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Excited clamber of animal instinct,
Retreating regret, thought that gene was extinct,
Well it should be by now.
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Exploding smile of skipping pulse
Butterfly wings of belly lining
Too much to take in
No need to take it in
It’s all within
Living
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