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Jassie

  • My Prison

    Do they feel bad for lying to me? Not telling me about the world Raising me up to put me down Running circles around my simple mind Hoping that maybe ...

    • Poetry
    • Lyrical
    1 min read


I only know that learning to believe in the power of my own words has been the most freeing experience of my life. It has brought me the most light. And isn't that what a poem is? A lantern glowing in the dark.
— Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X