The last couple of weeks have been hard: watching the news and constantly reading up on the current conditions of Southern Texas after Hurricane Harvey, how people act and react in situations like this is both amazing and appalling. I’ve been conflicted writing a response poem to this event because I do not want to…
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Free Hand # 57 (Tensions Rising)
Left with no purpose but to keep on going. Bleeding on the pavement, a war starting in the background. You want to hold me down under the water, till I don’t fight back anymore. Feeling suffocation in these times of trouble. Keeping my words sharp, and my eyes open. Ready to fight. If you’re…
Free Hand #54 (Future?)
Stressed out and overwhelmed with everything happening this year… What are we to do when the room goes dark? When blood runs? When hate reigns? What are we to do as the light fades? Drums of war beating in the distance getting louder. We die like our fathers-fathers, we die in the mud like…