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STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS:

i am

By Victor MendezPublished 13 days ago • 1 min read
STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS:
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STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS: I AM

6:43 10-15-2026

i write when it rains

And when i can't talk

i write through the pains

When i can't walk

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i write when i turn left

Or to the right

When i have something to say

even when i won't

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I think that is what they call empty words

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Do I please you?

or shall I focus on me?

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i write when i see the news

And wonder where did all the people in the pews...

Go!

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i write in the evening many times the am

i no longer try

i just bleed without shame

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i write stories not much rhymes

i write truths and some lies

But they are mine

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i once asked permission

the critics they came

so i framed everything they said

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And they still turned away!

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i write because i am old

the fire is burning out

someday just an ember but for now just past September...

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i write my worth:

Here lies an old man's bones

Buried deep

Like his soul

But his ashes

Travel the stars

And his words travel a wide web

He is immortal

Selah

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About the Creator

Victor Mendez

Born in 1958.There's a lot of road beneath these feet.Worn out pairs upon pairs of shoes.Been a ranch kid,a city kid,a Marine,a dad, a grandfather now,an avid reader and just recently began writing poetry in 2015 just to vent.

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    Written by Victor Mendez