Tag: philosophy
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Limbo
Is crying beautiful Is it therapeutic Is it? Or is it just chaos Free falling From one place to another In transition in limbo Is there no world that can capture my pain Is there no sanity
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On being a feminist
Imagine a slave trying to outrun their master On days when it’s good they’re free On days when it’s bad, it’s very bad You get extra punishment for trying to escape Even your friends are scared and they don’t come to your aid But even on the worst days, it’s progress And I’d choose the…
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12/27/2022
It took my 32 years to learn what I can and can’t do I can’t save my brother, I can’t save my dad This is freedom This is breathing
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Waiting
I thought he wasn’t going fast enough I was impatient I pushed and pressed and cornered I gave up exasperated I hated myself for trying again For giving him more chances Sometimes he was in control and sometimes, maddeningly and devastatingly, he wasn’t He wanted to talk it over and over with no movement I…
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Moving slowly
He moved towards me very slowly Like a large planet Like a slow roaming eye At first he was an image on a video And a voice Then he was a friend With interesting things to show me Then he told me his terrible secrets Secrets that were never spoken out loud Secrets I didn’t…
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After grief
I think we grieve because deep down we’re afraid that we will love someone less if they are not here, here to love us and give us attention and affection. We’re scared that if we forget them then, life is finite and meaningless and we’re scared of the nature of mortality. I think anyone who…
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Sobresaturado
Traté de encontrar mi caminoPregunté a los oráculos y al océano y a las caminatas matutinas y a las charlas de caféDeambulé por las calles del paraíso buscando el letrero con el nombre de mi verdadero amorHacer conjeturas cada noche como la historia de rumplestilskinBailar con extraños y amigosCreyendo que era librePero nadie que conocí…
SUBLIME COURAGE 