we live
and we ache
and we breathe
and we feel
why are we trained
from birth
to say that crying is weak
that joy and pain
have no value to the world
who is to say
that we are blank
that we are numb
that we should act
as though we are machinery
cold, perfect steel
fitting right within the grooves
that society hollows for us
i am alive!
and i love!
and i anger!
and emotion wells in my chest
a leaky pipe prone to bursting
enough time has been wasted
trying to rewire our beings
for the sole benefit of efficiency
Oct 26, 2019
Oct 26, 2019 at 9:16 PM UTC
we live
and we ache
and we breathe
and we feel
why are we trained
from birth
to say that crying is weak
that joy and pain
have no value to the world
who is to say
that we are blank
that we are numb
that we should act
as though we are machinery
cold, perfect steel
fitting right within the grooves
that society hollows for us
i am alive!
and i love!
and i anger!
and emotion wells in my chest
a leaky pipe prone to bursting
enough time has been wasted
trying to rewire our beings
for the sole benefit of efficiency
imagine editing your poetry before posting it. anyways free verse am i right
