We gambled with new information
and laughed at studied skill.
We only put trust in convenience,
blind to the blood we spill.
A new kind of non-conformist,
paving the way with lies.
An only-me attitude,
Regardless of who cries.
is there anyone else out
there struggling to keep
their thoughts of humanity
out of the hellish frame
that it’s being poured into
by force feeding yourself
videos of humanity
not sucking?
They stand so tall
Unwilling to look ahead
Unwilling to plan for a fall
.
Ignorance runs like tap
They take what they want
Consequence falls to the children’s lap
.
They rely on bias lie
Curse the efforts
Then pray to the sky
.
Tradition is a tool
An excuse to continue, not learn
A blind for the fool
To the children that exist now,
And will be my babies someday,
Momma is here, and she’ll hold you when she can.
Your life will find peace, just hold on.
Our time together is coming.
Why is it
That you can be
Secure in the arms of many
But that’s not enough
To soothe the sting
Of being wronged
By one
Hypocrisy and ignorance
Fire and gasoline
If you’re not fictional, and listening: I understand the flood.
To make the message a little lighter, I will be writing this to Jeff Foxworthy’s comedy tune:
If you suggest to someone that they are being punished for lack of faith in any religion or to any diety– you might be a stunted human.
If you suggest to someone that their disease, illness, syndrome, condition, or disorder could be cured with better obedience, more faith, or more prayer to any religion or diety– you might be a stunted human.
If you think others around you are troubled, stupid, or wrong for having different beliefs than you– you might be a stunted human.
If you hold strong beliefs that affect the way you treat others, with no factual evidence or truth to back those beliefs– you might be a stunted human.
If you automatically dismiss new information because it doesn’t align with your current understanding– you might be a stunted human.
If you find the need to convert others to your beliefs, without any understanding or intention to learn about anyone else’s– you might be a stunted human.
The author’s definition of what a stunted human would be: One who hasn’t yet, or refuses to, seek knowledge. One who is intellectually inflexible. One who lives in a state of “rightness.”
You don’t get to
You don’t get to add all the ingredients
All the ingredients that combined create hurt and sorrow
And then demand cake.
The most familiar feeling
A heavy pit that rots in its nest on top of the stomach
Using the rib cage as a place to hang pictures
Shoulders that stiffen up with pride
And ache with sorrow
Windpipe collapsing on itself with the confusion between sobs
Blame and guilt that have tea time with devastation and panic
The heart that outweighs the knowledge
To sit in silence and suffer through the raging war inside
Second hand by now
But the intensity remains
If you don’t agree that it takes courage to live inside your truth
Then I don’t believe you actually live inside your truth
When we lie for the comfort of others, we do everyone a disservice
And the more you deflate that boundary, the harder it is to inflate
So love yourself and those around you
And find the courage
To live your truth out loud
Words for humans 