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A Future Built From the Broken

By Marcus HillPublished 5 months ago • 1 min read
Other side
Photo by Priscilla Du Preez 🇨🇦 on Unsplash

Divided—

as usual—

we stand,

ignoring the problem

we caused.

Choosing abuse

instead of “sorry”

only feels right

when fear is present.

But why run?

What has been written

can change.

But the choice of being one

must be made

together.

Fighting

distracts the path to unity—

but everyone knows that.

Inches

are progress,

even when not felt.

So push

what’s possible

to limits unimaginable.

Struggle

tends to hide

inside the beautiful—

and that’s the point.

The closest people

are divided by individuality,

while bonding

through love.

Environments

change the canvas,

but never the frame.

Suffering

without doing everything possible

makes one a fool.

Just as oppressing

with unlimited riches

makes one

a coward.

A billion pieces

make a puzzle—

so why stop

at a million and one?

Understanding

is hard.

But continue the path—

those before you

worked harder

than you ever have.

Admit wrongs

like a terrible cheater—

so those who haven’t

have an example.

Choose right

like a fluent language

taught by amazing women.

Forgetting

isn’t a solution.

Acceptance is.

Collaboration

influences growth.

And that’s the obvious.

Bond hurt and love

to seal our history—

so we can remove

hate

from our future.

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