Tagged: pride
to reach out or stay
to reach out or stay
silent, in the heart’s courtyard, an
examination
.
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across the city,
across the city,
people trying to stay afloat,
carrying children,
umbrellas, bags of groceries,
mortgages, dignity, hope
.
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pride can still catch us
pride can still catch us
on a good day – mostly sunny
with a chance of truth
.
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pride and joy, going
pride and joy, going
once, twice, sold to the lady
who can hold her own
on a busy city street, day
in and day out, making ends meet
.
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we are arrested
we are arrested
by symbols, taken prisoner,
secured, protected,
trapped, sheltered – pride shows up in
the way we ripple in the wind
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: pride
outside of collecting
you have no snacks in
you have no snacks in
your apartment, my mom says
this in the tone of
a scolding, and i am all
at once embarrassed and proud
.
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we fall into reptile
we fall into reptile
precision
when it comes
to what we say and
what we keep
stranded
in our throats.
i have long
stopped
marking the way
back
to yesterday’s
tomorrow –
but we will
drag it out
until recognition
is just a word
left unsaid
.
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