2024-01-04

poetry/f/firebrand.txt

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+firebrand
+2019-01-01
+
+***
+
+before, in your grief, you say
+"everything sucks, and nothing is okay"
+just remember how you used to watch the trees sway
+
+in the death- the absence of light
+watching the hands of midnight
+scrape their twisted twiggy fingers, locked in eternal fight
+
+take heart, little one! remember your name
+chosen by yourself, pains taken care that it was not the same
+as the people who took joy in you being the one they should defame
+
+do not discard yourself to the tomb just yet and become a recluse
+you think there is light there, but it is just a ruse
+to detach you from humanity and rob you of your muse
+
+you have far greater things in life still yet to achieve
+you have friends, a lover, family, who in you they believe
+just remember: for everything, if you insist, have a good reason to leave
+
+if they drag you into the night, don't be afraid to wrack up a storm
+take pride in who you are, and in your human form!
+a god you are not, and a girl you shall stay
+in terms of bodily functions, anyway
+
+do not shy away from the natural state of the human condition
+lest you lose grasp on reality and cause your own perdition
+
+remember that there is no such thing as perfection in life
+there is always still more work to be done, more things to cause strife
+
+you are destined for greatness! now go, and make peace!
+and bring hope for the future to the very least of these!
+
+***
+
+CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (c) Vane Vander