I do not understand why the moth flies into the flame
Has he never been singed
I will not be an animal who continually does the same
Willfully unhinged
I am human and American, and I am not ashamed
The scumbags next door living in their stagnant squalor
I reject your lifestyle - abhorrently
Your pets determine your fate and compound your putrid living state
I will dismiss you completely
I am human and American, and I am not ashamed
All powerful doctors with your taut chains of salvation
I can see through your ruse
A religion wrought by quivering hands and wandering contemplations
Your tithes, will I refuse
I am human and American, and I am not ashamed
For freedom is what matters to me and not the ways of the worldly
Of that, you can be sure
But the world has never seen itself and into the flame it flies
Many of my compatriots sadly, there, will die
But I am human and American and will not be ashamed
So now the judgement comes from those who hate my ways
I really do not care
But I know that in your mind, you happily count my days
Googling with your ever present stares
Just know this, I am human and lived as an American - free, and I will not be ashamed
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Author:
Eugene S. (Pseudonym) (
Offline) - Published: May 16th, 2021 08:07
- Comment from author about the poem: Tired of the browbeating, the gas chamber waiting line and the virtuous fake flowers. "Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy." ~ W. Churchill 1942
- Category: Reflection
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'I do not understand why the moth flies into the flame
Has he never been singed'
(I do not understand why people continue to lie
do they not know, in-order to lie - we must first, lie: to ourselves...)
'I am human and American, and I am not ashamed'
(I am a Person and a Temporary resident on Earth
dogpaddling to survive in our collective, embarrassment and shame)
'never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in
except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force'
(never surrender to wilful ignorance's, easy trappings
where all our enemies are born of other's, misdoings
while we deem ourselves - obliviously: blameless...)
(please, forgive me for rudely and arrogantly
interpreting and misconstruing your message of defiance
against those oppressing forces, within society..
I sincerely don't mean to be contrary
just, for the sake of it, dear Poet
only, I wanted to point out that change, usually begins
with acknowledgement of our own - somewhat innate, fallibility)
thanks for sharing!
(feel free to delete my comment
if you find it offensive or argumentative
again, really sorry if you did)
No hate here. Thank you for hearing a frustration that bewilders so many.
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