S, Quinn. Only For The Righteous

Only For The Righteous

by Quinn S.

“Void” like the one expanding before your very eyes,

“Light” is the thing we all yearn to bask in, yet can’t take the pressure or responsibilities that come with the rays,

“Rage” given by those who completely lost sense of hope, act out their feelings to cope but don’t know their own self worth,

“Hope” the light in the belief that everything will be ok, even if today was their last, by your mother, who gave you the ability to read this poem, eat with your hand and understand the concepts of,

“Doom” the death and destruction all around you, you consume the dead through your mind only takes it as “food” to replenish your energy to become the,

“Space” to share your ideas, become intune with your bodily functions, to create with no hesitation and in turn give into your feminine ways but soon it will all end when,

“Breath” the winds of freedom calling your name to become a confident version of yourself, detached from responsibility you are the captain of the ship now where,

“Blood” bounds you like chains to your relationships, burdens carried by you which need to be released to help you heal from the vast potential of each, “Time” ticks and tocks rocking you back and forth to the beat you’ve created for yourself, infinite possibilities of how your life could’ve ended, where your mind and heart disconnect, where your space is taken and replaced with the doom you hoped wouldn’t follow you, which filled your blood with rage, remember to breathe, the void will soon be relieved with the relief of light, before time runs out.

“Mind” your imagination of how things will turn out is what cripples you, logic is a disease that can plague the mind which in turn darkened your,

“Heart” which gave you the vary definition of your identity, your soul will forever be tied to the earth you were conceived on which brung,

“Life” your veins filled with the nutrients given

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