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 Apr 2020 Amanda N Skaggs
nevaeh
it feels like im saying
and writing
the same things over and over
but they are important to me
and i need them to be heard
to be seen
so i will not stop
until i am understood
by all of you
and by myself
sometimes i think poetry isn't for me, but giving up is not an option anymore.
'Oh, for tools of humankind
  Be rage and machines of war
    For fires to burn of heavens
      And grace be lost in clang of anvil

'Oh, for tools to take
  That which belongs to none
    The tangling of wicked souls
      Seen on faces of the empty

'Oh, for tools in usage
  Forged in fires burning blue
    Make paths away from redemption
      And build infinite worlds, absent grace
I am filled with rage and pain
I am filled with longing and loss
I am filled with the human condition
It is just as it was
I am filled with you
And all your weaknesses
And you are filled with mine
We are locked in static displays
Pointing fingers like kids at zoos
With little hope
For you to actually see
What's inside of me
I always found it hard
To see what's inside of you
we are all students
distracted drawing doodles
rapt for the last bell
measure costs
with true intent
as we build
our lives
from scratch;
certainty
is needed here
lest our feet
tread bridges built
of bones
from friends
we left behind
Just some friendly life advice as you continue on your path
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