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are you watching?
what are you looking for?
i promise if you're looking for a monster,
i have plenty of bones to dig up from the closet.
hysteria caught like wildfire burning in a drought,
a natural vigilante justice indiscriminate and unregulated
out of control, this is law and order.
and it should be criminal.
are you watching?
what are you looking for?
i promise, people often find what they seek
before they understand exactly what that means.
you can't break the rules if you make them,
and the world is ours now.
maybe you should have thought of that before this
and the scales tip back again.
we all should have seen it coming.
should have, could have, and don't trust what i witness.
potential only dies when you stop believing.
faith no longer suspended in a vacuum.
are you watching?
what are you looking for?
i promise if you don't keep an eye on what's ahead,
the future can be dangerous.
it hides and waits, conspiracy and disbelief.
and not a thing exists -
that can't be made worse with guilt.
are you watching?
what are you looking for?
i promise if you don't have a plan for your foundations
you could build a tower, no way out.
what felt safe now comes with much too high a cost;
so be careful what you watch for.
know well your enemies and weaknesses -
they may serve a purpose yet,
if you watch very closely.
About the Creator
⸘jason alan‽
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i am only responsible for what i say
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not for what you understand
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you may learn to be charmed by my [secret‽] discontent
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or you may not
Comments (1)
This was so intense and powerful! Loved your poem!