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Allison

If you don't learn to write your own story, someone else will write it for you

2 poems·Since March 2013
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Overcome

March 25, 2013
Individuality, gone Hope, ha, you've got none Everything that you found light in, They locked away, out of reach You tried to find simple bits of happiness But you were stripped of them Everything that is you, now undone Your quirks, your mind, gone All ground down to keep you there Under their thumbs You can't even breathe without permission It may seem childish and worthless But it isn't to you To you, it's everything It is everything that makes you who you are Your imagination and personality You break their bonds They only push you back However, hundreds rise with you Your movement grows The violence only increases Brother turns on brother Blood is shed, a martyr created A cause unified amongst all, Young and old You gain ground, overcome oppression The little joys slowly return The light flickers on There is no more fighting There is peace among the one nation
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