Thanks for the encouragement Eagle! I don't know if I'm doing better than you, and either way, what's important is that you're trying your best and making progress! The only person you have to compete with is who you used to be
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"tiktok and giving children meth are my passions" ~ @ShadowVyper "carinas long foretold chaos protege" ~ @veeren "smol bean, future of chaos" ~ @carina
Aww thanks @Tuckster that's really nice of you to say that, your doing grate, I am just writing poems with @WildBloomer I also just found out that that counts.
Oh you just have to wait, and peace will come to you!
So I realized that this hasn't been as angsty as I anticipated so I dialed up the angst level Enjoy!
Angst
angst (n): a feeling of deep anxiety or dread, typically an unfocused one about the human condition or the state of the world in general.
how can you not feel "unfocused dread" in a world where there is always a targeted minority, unfairly blamed for all the worlds' problems even when they are not responsible?
how can one not feel anxiety about the state of the world when we live in an era where people of color are punished for their existence
there is such a narrow window of "acceptable" conditions: not too fat, not too skinny, not too pale, certainly not too dark; how can anyone meet all the criteria?
the relentless dehumanization; the ceaseless hateful rhetoric spewed from politicians who are supposed to "represent" the people, to "help" them, instead silence the voices they were meant to uplift
how can you refuse to take a stand? how can you content yourself with watching as people, innocent people, are demonized? i cannot accept that this is the way it is supposed to be; I am confident we are capable of something greater
[he/him]
"tiktok and giving children meth are my passions" ~ @ShadowVyper "carinas long foretold chaos protege" ~ @veeren "smol bean, future of chaos" ~ @carina
long live the fighters long live the handful who strive for equality
they will attempt to silence you, stifle you, and separate you
but they will never stop this movement of people who believe in us
who are willing to challenge oppression and fight against injustice
when you join this group of pioneers searching for social equity,
you become part of something greater than any individual
together we will fight to make changes, make a concrete difference
if a lot of small people do a lot of small things, together we
can change the world and leave behind a world full of potential
[he/him]
"tiktok and giving children meth are my passions" ~ @ShadowVyper "carinas long foretold chaos protege" ~ @veeren "smol bean, future of chaos" ~ @carina
I refuse to be forgotten, a byproduct of times long gone
i refuse to be consigned to the pages of a history textbook
i refuse to be a name in a family tree or old heirloom
I will instead devote my life to having a profound impact
perhaps instead of being a name on a page of an old textbook,
I might have a real impact on the world; make a real difference
[he/him]
"tiktok and giving children meth are my passions" ~ @ShadowVyper "carinas long foretold chaos protege" ~ @veeren "smol bean, future of chaos" ~ @carina
the smallest things subtly make me feel like an embarrassment
I try so hard to make you proud of who I am and am becoming
and yet it seems that no matter what I do, I will be a blemish
I don't understand what you want me to do for you to be happy
is there anything? is there a way for me to win your praise and pride?
because more and more, it feels like there is nothing I can do for you
that will make you proud of who I am or who I am trying to become.
[he/him]
"tiktok and giving children meth are my passions" ~ @ShadowVyper "carinas long foretold chaos protege" ~ @veeren "smol bean, future of chaos" ~ @carina
Justice is loud love; a love that projects itself to the whole world
justice proves true love, for justice always comes at a serious price
whoever dares to pay that price certainly is unashamed to love
the best antidote to hatred is justice; that unashamed love
that is the love that is demanded by Jesus; the love that He shows
He displayed His love and memorialized it for each one to see
and we are called to show the world that same fiery, unrelenting love
[he/him]
"tiktok and giving children meth are my passions" ~ @ShadowVyper "carinas long foretold chaos protege" ~ @veeren "smol bean, future of chaos" ~ @carina
This poem is certainly very different than the others I've written so far throughout NaPo, but @alliyah gave me the poetry prompt of "firework potatoes" and I rolled with it, and this is the result
Potatoes and Fireworks
the fireworks up above me explode and sprinkle colors down
I hear the thunder of chemicals exploding in the bright night sky
and as the remnants rain down on the earth below, they leave behind seeds
those seeds sprout and bloom into a versatile and practical food
that food, which sustained generations of people, is the potato
and as explosions rain down on earth, they plant these miraculous seeds
from those seeds comes the life-giving vegetable: the potato
[he/him]
"tiktok and giving children meth are my passions" ~ @ShadowVyper "carinas long foretold chaos protege" ~ @veeren "smol bean, future of chaos" ~ @carina
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