poetry is a need

"Powder"

1

A windmill will spin

It’s something everyone knows

The windmill on the hill

Crushing into flour what the field grows

Grinding blade upon the grain

separating chaff from its grist

A bruising, brutal fist.

2

A windmill will spin

It’s something everyone should know

The wind fills their limbs

Instills in us terror of the world

We will know the pain again, again

We pray this moment our memories miss

We cower under this

3

A windmill will spin

It’s something I would know

The windmill goes till

The blades don’t chase each other, one says no

Useful kids harvest from how strict you train

But for the ones you’ve broken, we’ve both ingrained

Nightmares of you

on windy days

"People of the Suitcase"

A country is a school

If you're new you don't fit in

Don't have my books, is this my class

No one likes to start again

At home we eat different food

Loosely translated ingredients

Nobody's been close since we moved

But we'll make newer friends

Because one thing's true

You brought your hate along with you

Because you're a bigot too

As for me, so not for you

Kick the ladder once you climb

Your card's greener on the other side

Your American right not to empathize

Yet it could still be you another time

They don't have a roof

Chased by storms, war, illness

A child's cries to soothe

Your burden is but to witness

Hate is the mother of every fool

But you were tasked with belonging

For more hate there's always room

Hoping your accent will be forgiven

Because one thing's true

You brought your hate along with you

Because you're a bigot too

As for me, so not for you

When you close your eyes

You know it isn't right

But you compartmentalize

Tell yourself you believe his lies

God's mercy was proved

As you packed your suitcase

To you they're animals in a zoo

Even if one has your own face

"Cheetahs"

When I was young I loved cheetahs

I thought it was fun

That when they run

They do it the fastest it’s ever been done

When I was young I would dream and

I thought it was fun

Imagine if I won

I’d never feel lost I’d be someone

But in the light of the sun

I don’t know, know, know, know,know, know, know

I just never feel like I’m one

I don’t know, know, know, know, know, know, know

I feel like I haven’t begun

When I was young I loved cheetahs

I thought it was fun

That when they run

They do it the fastest it’s ever been done

When I was young I would dream and

I thought it was fun

Imagine if I won

I’d never feel lost I’d be someone

But in the light of the sun

I don’t know, know, know, know,know, know, know

I just never feel like I’m one

I don’t know, know, know, know, know, know, know

I feel like I’ve been outrun

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- always be jorkin it

- humanity was meant to be a community, loneliness kills and most people are good and will help each other no matter what the propaganda says

- kill robots