Gluttony.
A love that eats itself.
The world now walks the path that you laid,
But still, you steal, you lie, you trade.
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Your hands have held every desire,
Yet still they shake with greed and fire.
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I’ve lived and danced amongst your flame,
Not once did you pause to preserve my name.
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You ate, you fed, you sucked me dry,
You smiled and watched me melt and die.
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Who are you to say, what I am, what I’m not?
You just pushed me alongside your personal plot.
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I am not what you say, I am not what you do.
I am not what you are, I will never be you.
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See, riches are not owned, they are loved and outlived,
In lack of these you have no true currency to give.
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So silently, I thank you for the pain I went through,
For without it, I’d never stand sure this is true.
About the Creator
Latisha Fairfull
Writing a record for my inner child and the woman I am still learning to stand beside.
Not poetry for answers,
But poetry for breath,
For noticing,
And choosing to live from the inside out.


Comments (1)
Well said. I like your style and your determination to bring beauty from ashes.