Today?
In the mountains for a picnic.
A beautiful day.
I follow the other girls -
doing my best to fit in.
Will today be the day
they will finally accept me?
Someone spots a good hiking trail.
We all rush in one direction.
The girl in front of me trips
over a large stone.
“She pushed me! She pushed me!”
All eyes are on me.
I didn’t push her.
She tripped.
No today is not the day.
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Outsider
"We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings to be fruitful." - C.S. Lewis
Alone among many
crying for truth.
‘There is no such thing,’
they reply with certainty.
‘All is relative.
Tolerate only those
who tolerate.’
Reason spirals downward.
‘Just Say No.’
‘Just Do It.’
The conflicting images
of my formative years.
‘Just give in,
just give up,
just check your brains at the door.’
The majority is the rule.
Though all around
argue against it
I must find the Truth.
In the end it is all that matters.
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1 comment:
I really liked your second poem. There is a huge struggle there that is should be felt by the Christians but sad to say not many contend.
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