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Fracture

Stranded Without Gods, POEM 2

By Patrick SantiagoPublished 5 years ago 1 min read
https://www.reddit.com/r/Art/comments/inje1y/agony_me_pen_2020/

You've spent years teetering on an outburst

You suppress it, it's merely a fracture, a splint

But each time you move against kind it spreads

The fracture stretches into a network of webs

It becomes a road map to your mental imposition

You spin your web, covering the the truth tangled beneath

You're not going to make it

You're loosing yourself to the agenda

You suppress

The fracture will never regress

You can barely walk to peace, you're crawling, her gaze lifted in tears

Maybe that's what you wanted

You'd never quit, too many eyes watching you, judging you

But if you failed, no one could say you didn't hold it together

You realize then, the fracture was inflicted by your own hand

Your chisel and hammer was your ignorance and pride

premeditated fracture

The help didn't come because you didn't speak your truth

...you're human...and legendary is for fables

slam poetry

About the Creator

Patrick Santiago

Just a person saved by words on a page hoping he can do the same for someone else...

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