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heart strings
cut the ties
i am not a puppet, under control, with strings
disconnected to the world.
i am glitter and glam; a silver-tongued golden goose.
but, it's all rock n roll.
i am the treat to match your tricks, from the blacklist.
obsessed with self-expression.
i imagine stripping beneath the black moon to show all of who i am.
but this is not a safe space, manifest restriction.
i don't want to.
in other words, 'no.'
i am outgrowing this prison cell and anything less than eutopia-
constantly in motion, internally, while i seem inert
i am that thing-
where my heart is shackled to my brain with bones and skin.
i don't feel a need to explain my art. period.
only limited by the idea of what it is.
i am a real boy.
because i was and am, i will be. present tense.
i see the future's potential already, but so much clearer Now.
my words have their own gravity.
i know, it seems scary.
moving forward means moving into the unknown.
i don't feel twisted and nefarious.
learned and denied uneventfully, i.
i am the shelter from truths you covet about who i am.
existence is a blackhole if you don't know why you are who you are.
i know myself with more authenticity daily.
i speak to myself through time.
i claim this achievement.
i am a champion.
i am my own authority.
i have the will and the power.
About the Creator
⸘jason alan‽
:::WARNING:::
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
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