Questions without answers
Guidance without trust
Work without advancement
Debt without results
Fear without solution
Stress without relief
Voices without plans
Faith without belief
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Adulthood
Mindless Puppet
They pluck your strings so expertly.
They wind you up like toys.
Until these grown adults become
Unruly girls and boys.
Their inflammatory language
Manipulates your fears.
Must you stay a mindless puppet
Or can you keep your reason clear?
Blocked
The front is blocked by pain.
The back is barred by pride.
The left and right are long-closed doors
And none can see inside.
Of Silence
One is warm and welcoming
It speaks of comfort
Of understanding and love
One is chill and frightening
It speaks of danger
Of strange presences and hatred
Is it the air? The lights or scents?
Or is it a sense of the soul?
Imagination run riot?
Or an edge that keeps you whole?
Deprived of Tinder
A circle long doused.
Among the sodden cinders
Lurks a spark,
Strong and steady,
Deprived of tinder:
Unquenchable
