You can’t set yourself on fire to keep others warm
but I will light the night with every bridge that I burn
no quarrels were had to strip the clothes from my back
an open hand to be robbed with a tariff and tax
now you reap from the harvest every smothered seed I did sow
and find your demands being surrendered to silence and stone
About the Creator
Connie
Poetry, Horror, Feminism and Spice... that is the makings of my writing journey.
Looking to continue to grow my craft and continue to create works that people enjoy reading.
Reader insights
Nice work
Very well written. Keep up the good work!
Top insight
Heartfelt and relatable
The story invoked strong personal emotions
Standing While Falling
Quotation from Friedrich Nietzsche "He who wrestles long with monsters should beware lest he himself become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. Man is not destroyed by suffering, but by the meaning he makes of it."
By LUCCIAN LAYTH7 days ago in Critique
Comments (1)
You said so much I've been needing to say out loud. Thank you for writing this