What is going on?

What is going on in their minds
while they pin a man to the ground
and ignore the crowd's pleas to stop?

What is going on in their minds
as they shoot a 12-year-old
for no real reason?

What is going on in their minds
as they stare at us and glare,
refusing to say they have done wrong?

What is going on in their minds
when they move to stop us
as we walk the path to equality?

What is going on in their minds
as they walk past us on the streets,
ignoring our accusations of the truth?

What is going on in their minds
as we fight 
and they fight against us?
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EverlastingWaves

VT

15 years old

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    Thoughts after the fair

    I’ve never enjoyed the feeling of being sick to your stomach on a fair ride. Maybe I just don’t have the iron-willed intestines that all of my friends seem to have, because I get sick from going on the teacups at a normal speed.

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    october, my love

    october,
    my love,
    it is good to see you once again.

    although it appears i have missed
    your grand entrance,
    while i left the room.

    i walked along the street to visit you,
    and looked up,

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  • By EverlastingWaves

    scratches

    skin pulled taut and tight
    burning like the light
    that seeps through cracks
    underneath the door

    from stray branches and walking
    throughout the woods, balking
    at the idea
    of no path

    water rests on skin

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