Coming of Age
Charles Fields II 1955 (Fort Bragg, NC)
Where is your heart?
You who are raised on love
resistant to the stains of hatred and brutality
able to shake off
retribution
of those who
are guilty
seeking to paint their crimes
upon your spirit-soul
Those
whose views
are based upon
slight of hand
and demands
that you
conform
to a higher standard
than
Jesus
Those
whose views
cast shade on every step of progress
made to the process
of humanity
those
whose vanity
precedes
thoughtful conversation...
those
who are not yet
lost
yet
not, yet
found
as we
all
come of age
we must embrace
who we are
all... of it
our strengths
are
our weaknesses
abandon
the false pride
our defense
against
discovery
of who we are
all
of us
must
first strip away
the layers of clay
of a mask
we entertain ourselves with
and be...
we
the people
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Submitted by Charles2 on September 27, 2023
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