For one moment

I admit that

I hope to

Be

the

reason

you try again

when you need to

I did

not think

you'd die

not even

when

you

were

asleep

I was not

at ease

because

I should have sung to you in your final hours

For this reason, I will never neglect to sing

not if I wish to hold another note in my life

I will not sway. I will not wash away when one

needs me most. I will be the bells of celebration

We're alive. We are free. We are brave

Forgiveness rides a sharp edge

balanced on the blade of rage

angled ever so slightly by

the gravity of the situation

If I hold my breath I will lash out

a rush of words that cannot be unheard

relationships shredded by my tongue

Sometimes I don’t care who gets cut

It feels good to tear into those

who slash first. It feels just to kill

the ill-mannered, ill-tempered, but

the ill-prepared will not bear my wrath

I will hear the words they excuse themselves with

I will breathe evenly, even when I want to scream

For my ire is worth more than the pinprick of annoyance

My anger is powerful, potent, and poised

for battle, not trivial trials and error

If I cannot hold my tongue like a whip

I have no claim to the title warrior

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This is an insult to the hours.

I am not special

I am ruthless

I seek truth like it

hurts me to do less.

My art is more

than mere minutes

I bore into it

I just love to write

to rhyme when they tell me not to

love to find that kernel of proof

that grain of sand they took

with my word. My mind is driven—

not by destiny, but by pride

Skill is more than

talent over time

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We

go to space

This

planet ain't

big enough

for the both of us

Some will stay behind

You know why

Heroic names too can be lost

Grand mementos to the God(s)

go up so we'll be drawn

but Gravity is |not inescapable>

You know why we sigh

when we look to the sky

instead of scream?

Why the villain dies

in every book

and movie

every dream?

If I seem

too intense, too obvious

it's simple

See

Life

it takes a toll

on a soul

but it pays

if you do it right

Pay for my time

with your smile

your gaze

You're amazing

Be brave, but not for me.

You know why

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leave a slime behind

on your tongue

in your mind

Purport

to love freedom

but not

for selfish reasons

Be wary those who

perceive their mission

to belong to God

or any "greater good"

No minority < the individual

Sacrifice is a blank check

and it will cost you

your soul.

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it's not always a three-piece, it's

a t-shirt torn to shreds in the wilderness

A tearful cry that won't be stifled

by propriety. It's a smile

cast like a die, where the number

lands face-first in the dirt, but he climbs on

unconcerned. That's all fate is worth

to a real man

The cold does not care what he prays for

He takes it—not from someone unsuspecting—

From absence, Man hauls life in like a rope

Out of nothingness, he drills hope

For a future,

like sweet summer air,

breathed in/strawberry blonde hair

Back on earth, his worth is more than might.

He wrenches free his own mind

His right to be was born with him.

You want Masculinity? Take a mind and tell it

it's a bad thing to be so small to have to fight to survive but

there's no enemy in sight, so take that weakness inside

and kill it

Let him scream on the front lines. Let him build

forever in his mind, a bruise-black fortress, not a palace—

Made with love, mother of pearl, and gold.

Give him time, and a real man defines himself. Capture

his imagination and admire the future he lives up to. You know

he will listen and insist on climbing that peak alongside you. He knows

the top is only halfway

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it's not always a mini dress, it's

a pair of tear-proof, water-proof, tear-proof

pants, pulled to the snow, with red

on the ice below

Above, looms the rest of the climb

The cold does not care what I am

It wants to keep me frozen in place but

My lungs burn, my heart, my legs

pumping heat from my blood like weakness

This is just womanhood in the mountains.

Back in heaven

it is clean, pink polyester sheets

that feel like Egyptian cotton

when I am taken

higher than I could ever

climb on my own

That's just a woman's pleasure—many steps, many

mountains. Many days of beating heart and bleeding pain

and tears and tears and dashing, daring partners

dashed hopes/forgotten fears

You want femininity? take a mind and tell it

it's a good thing it's pretty and quiet

and diligent and on it and always

thinking of everybody but herself

Let her dream alone. Let her

sweep the dust from your home

instead of bringing more soil in with her

You want a real woman, watch her climb,

If she so trusts you with the other end of her rope

you can bet she'll haul you out of crevasse

and catastrophe. She knows you will catch her

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The secret to wisdom

without breaking the bank

is a dedication to survival

under harsh, horrific times

sure, but mainly in peace

Learn to be free in PEACE

breathe love in like a lavender breeze

lather your whole body and soul

at peace with the world

Be at ease with yourself FIRST

Instinct grows on trees

YOU need reason.

Think before you speak

Read before you think

Speak forth in peace

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Tastes great

when there's blood in your mouth

and you're set ablaze

and friends are egging you on

Hate is like the last bite

of ice cream slit down the side

with a razor blade

We can't say I Hate religion

when compelled to accept a fantasy

We can't say I Hate a philosophy

when our handlers deem it necessary

We can't say I Hate a culture

when we appease violence equally

I would kill for the ones I love

because

they are of value to me. Some

would sell their souls for less

I Hate them.

Hate is not my weapon

it is a defense against death.

I'm not saying Fear

death I'm saying

Educate yourself and then

even in the insurmountable rage

if it so fuels you, make no mistake

You are the One Who Hates

Your legacy remains—

all you choose to destroy

or

all that you create

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Means move

Means make

Change that makes sense

Don't just roll over

for sake of a Movement

Expect actual activity.

Standing around with a sign

Posing around with the police

is not progress

Clear roads, process debris

Reduce

Reuse

Clean your gottamn plastic before

recycling. Thanks

Innovate, teach, build, debate

We do not obliterate. We do not

cause property damage or injury

The opposite of our objective is

Mass destruction/Mass casualty

Being active means having integrity

Look in the mirror, laugh in the face

of dishonesty. Honestly,

shaking up the status quo costs you nothing

but status. Do not disintegrate from chaos

to madness. It's not about who gets to lead us.

Lead yourself

for once. It's about freedom, if not

self-love, then at least self-trust

Behold all you can create

when you set your mind to activate

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