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The Vexation of Youth
I told them I was a little angry,
They called me an angry little girl.
My worries shot down so amply,
And told that I don't quite know the world.
And to be honest, I did not.
See, I believed the world was good.
But I only knew what I was taught,
and they taught only what they could.
They lit a fire in me,
but did not tend the flame.
I was left to burn so brightly,
and brightly did I blaze.
But left here to burn,
without the proper fuel.
So I burned out as they'd wanted
Oh! I can't believe my fool.
The rage had left me hollow,
A charred, empty husk.
For all I once believed in,
has simmered down to dust.
I am sad among the ashes.
Now my anger is a joke,
Just a laugh for all the masses,
For now I'm nothing more than smoke.
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I wrote this piece after I went through a bit of a crisis in my own activism. I was so angry that T made myself sad. I didn't think that what I did made a difference and that the people who held all the power were just letting me tire myself out before they went about their business. I felt as though I could kick and sream, but nothing would happen, nothing would change. Once I came to theat realization, I had to write out the feeling.