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mean [inconsequential] people

secrets don't make friends? friends make secrets?

By ⸘jason alan‽Published 4 years ago 1 min read
mean [inconsequential] people
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you've said enough to seem like many things, but not relatable.

that's not the only self-implications found here.

you mute your own integrity, highlighting your words, so over-stated

and loosely leaving enough room to disguise your personal fears.

for sewing doubts and amassing denial, reasonable or not.

within the ease and fervor with which you sell your soul short,

i recognize potential intelligence despite your best shots

in the excess verbiage, your definition is expressed by your favorite colors

cause all your pretty colors have been mixed into shit.

but dare i say, any semi-intelligent primate with pigment can finger paint.

it's obvious how hard you try to blend in to the ru-chorus.

and if you rely more on shading than you use your own light to shine on,

you will be rendered just as much dull as you are self-indulgent.

i don't see a champion here, just another face in the mob.

don't be so shy that you can't state your own business

or so afraid to speak directly and tell a person when you got a problem.

slam poetry

About the Creator

⸘jason alan‽

:::WARNING:::

i am only responsible for what i say,

not for what you understand.

you may learn to be charmed by my [secret‽] discontent,

or you may not.

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