A plane window showing calm skies and soft clouds, capturing the peaceful feel of endless flight.
Posted in response to the challenge PAST CONTESTS: Winter 24 Visual Art Contest.
A plane window showing calm skies and soft clouds, capturing the peaceful feel of endless flight.
Posted in response to the challenge PAST CONTESTS: Winter 24 Visual Art Contest.
i learned
life liberty
the pursuit of happiness
before i learned
how often a promise
can hesitate
no one mentioned
how often you’d have to prove
How can i think,
when i sit in classrooms built by men
to teach us how to think like them,
and i try—
god, i try to conjugate freedom
in a language that was never mine,
in a room that doesn't feel like home,
If only i had smiled differently,
worn a different skirt, a longer one,
if i had stayed quiet, let him win,
shrunk smaller, been easier to touch,
been harder to hurt, laughed when i wanted to cry,
cried when i wanted to scream.
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