Poetry

[Brittany]

I don't get involved in conflicts,
I'd rather sit and watch-
to LOL and roll my eyes
than kick it up a notch.
But perhaps out of sheer impulse,
or feelings too repressed,
this manifesto has come forth,
and it seems I must digress.

Oh, I eat meat and junkfood,
scarfing Taco Bell without regret.
I can't afford to buy organic,
and I haven't dropped dead quite just yet.
I'm keeping my heart open (yes!),
I'm here to serve my fellow man,
and I don't think that they'll kick me out
for sometimes eating jellied ham.

Yes, I like blood and vampires (woot!),
and black is my favorite color.
I just don't see how this relates
to the way that we treat each other.
I really don't see why we preach
about the best way to climb up the ladder,
when where YOUR footsteps are taking YOU
is the thing that truly matters.

To carve out another's path,
and to judge them by their station...
to inspire such fear and anger
under the guise of "information"...
That sounds like a polarity,
but I'd like to ask, which one?
How will you reach your "ascension"
when your only care is what others have done?

I'm all for unity, peace and hope,
and I'm a huge fan of free will,
but for me, forming a righteous club
just isn't what fits the bill.
I will not change the girl I AM,
for Ra or the powers that be.
So form your opinions as you will,
I refuse to be anything but me.