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I've lost my voice

December 4, 2016
By Anonymous

I've lost my voice
This country has left me speechless
I have no more tears for this nation, once so great
No pity for the souls who burn in the chaos which we've created ourselves in this madness
I've lost hope, for i've seen the hideous twisted creatures hiding in our shadows
I'm terrified and all I have left is my poetry to keep me sane
For i've all but lost my mind
The clouds shed tears from the heavens today
I heard the mournful cries of angels tear through the sky
What have we done ?
The love we preached, the freedom we fought for, the justice we bled for
All for naught, we've decided to slit the throat of our motherland
She was entrusted to us but we let her plunge into hell's darkest depths and drown 
The graves of our ancestors shudder under the weight of our choices


If I had wings to fly, if I could simply disappear with the wind, even if...
I'd still stay, i'd fight with my wits and my piercing words as my sword  
knowledge and love will serve as our shields from the heinous hatred
We will not let her be overtaken and stolen by the warped souls that ravage her
Did you think you had broken us ? Don't make me laugh
You’ve only brought us closer together
Our strength has fortified in the face of adversity
We are a sea of color, and a huge tide is coming
The blood of past  lives runs through our veins
We are the vision,the dream of the slave, of the immigrant, of the refugee 
We will rise, you may try to break us but we will rise and History will tell our tale


The author's comments:

This piece was inspired by the chaos that followed the election results 


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