Colonized Kernels

8/21/2025

By Ellie HoovsPublished about a year ago • 1 min read

They took the beautiful,

native, wild,

untamed rainbow of it,

forced it into rows,

indistinct,

cultivated obedience,

made it fruit

only in yellow,

fed it fabricated miracles,

to sweeten the yield,

to choke out the weeds,

to resist its own nature,

all so profit

could fatten the lie,

knowing those who sell it

will never pay

for the crimes.

Breathing life into the lost and broken. Writes to mend what fire couldn't destroy. Poetry stitched from ashes, longing, and stubborn hope.

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