2017scholorshippoem
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What is lust?
It’s a mouthpiece through which the enemy uses to speak
For me, it was a preliminary point of view through which I would come to view the world differently
In school I used to say
---”I pledge allegiance,”
to America,
a country I now,
struggle to remember my allegiance to.
Today another tragedy in the news,
Senseless violence from people with nothing to lose.
Never once thinking about the destruction and pain,
Instead only focused on placing the blame.
The former year ending in the same place it had began the year before,
In the home of a friend that's far more worthy to be a sister,
Another friend stayed that night and in her slumber
