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Ode to Patriotism

The wind howls and it too manifests what it must to stay alive

and this I understand

To fight even when everything within you says enough already

one feels only natural to expand as far as the limits allow every once in a while

but what then when critic and conqueror meet?

 

The errands of love need not explain this land to me because I see how the flagpole quakes without permission

I know what it takes when there’s nothing left to behold

to require more of what you love because the craving exists

and that’s reason enough

 

So exhale and be free

swallow this gathering of blemished stone and unbecoming flesh

make it more whole than you deem worthy remember

it’s this type of longing you seek

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ian-cairns
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Jul 9, 2025
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