Disestablishmentarianism

not everything that comes with boundaries
has to stay within them
not every person
is the same
diversity
is what brings us together
like cogs in a clock
we all are a bit different
and that is ok
no one religion can support all peoples
as not a single mind
can solve all problems
and though sometimes it seems impossible
to work together
with different ideas
and mindsets that don't quite click
we must try a little harder
to come together as a group
and push off the weight 
of many years of suppression
and assumptions that lead to hurt
and hurt leading to anger
leading to pain 
in a vicious, harmful chain reaction
with only more suffrage and animosity to gain
for if life continues in its listless 
and painfully broken way
then nothing is going to change
for the better
only worsen as each generation
learns hate from the former. 
 

Inkpaw

VT

18 years old

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    Looming over your shoulders

    Each stack higher than its former

    Every thought and every scrap

    Of an idea too scared to ponder

     

    Every moment that hurt

    Each minute that lingered longer

  • Inadequacy


    How do I push the words out
    From behind my taffy tongue 
    Thick with salty tears 
    And full of grubby thumb 


    I’m a child 
    Pretending that I’m numb 
    To escape the overwhelming feelings 

  • Paper Frogs

    Why

    When feet fall soft but quick 

    Does the hallway extend

    And the hot breath of whoever’s behind me feel hotter 

    Why do I stay pressed to the wall 

    Like a stubborn gruby sticker