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Brew A Bruise

Hello there,

I just wanted to let you know – that

I’m not a number.

I’m not a shade.

I'm not your motionless debate.

I’m tinted

Tainted. With ideas and a verbal philosophy

Some atrophy.

Boxed, and gifted through sacred hymns.

My freaking nature is not in the stars

Is not in your blood.

I’m not a religion.

I’m not a hope.

I’m just trying to communicate

The air to my brain.

I’m just trying to suffocate

Indoctrinate, facilitate.

This delusion of being and breathing.

I’m not a country.

I’m not a ship.

Abstractly living within an inch

Of your picturesque life - &

Intricate ambitions of death.

I’m not a law.

I’m not a consequence.

I’m dissolving to my core

Bones lighting up in fear.

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Written by
rasha-omer
Sudanese
Published
Aug 29, 2010
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