
Writing

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Let Me Speak
I listen to each word of my country,
Each act that fights to get rid of everyone I care for.
Each word that our government cleverly boasts
About how they belong to us.
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The Weight of Kindness
How can I love
Those who creep through the dark
With their cloak of painful truths?
Their intentions were not love,
And only skitter away
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The Family of Time
So we can shoot
But we can’t harm
While all they do is shoot us down?
With their shackles,
Their laws,
Their money
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Before the Dust
For the first twelve years of my life,
There was no direct purpose in existing.
But then—
on the night of my thirteenth,
butterfly wings sprouted
from my back.I got my own garden to tend.
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100% Humanity
We tried and though we could have done more,
We did enough to be us and create the good--and the flaws-- in those who still walk forward.
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Liberty Stands; Fire at Hand
Why does your torch burn?
The young girl asks,
Pouting her lower lip in confusion.
It is fire,
The lady gently responds,