Human Rights
We will never be truly free until every person believes that their life is worth as much as any other. Feminism is the belief in equality. Nothing more and nothing less. To say otherwise is to be misinformed.
I want to live in a world where women don't have to thread their keys through their knuckles on the walk home. A world where women don't have to fight for every ounce of respect they get as professionals. A world where the media looks at the villain with disgust and righteous anger, instead of looking at her violated body and asking "So what kind of whore are you?" I want to live in a world where a woman's right to her own body is just as sacred as her choices.
I believe in true equality, and if you want to tell me that it's a sin, I'll have you know that I'd rather be morally right in hell than presumtously bigoted in a heaven of my own delusion.
Runner’s High
Joy comes not on triumphant wings
But on two feet
Finally strong enough to carry you
Farther than you had hoped
Still falling short of perfection
But drawing nearer to decent
Which is all you really wanted when you started
Jagged inhales surround you
In the rhythm of your slow victory
One step, another, in and out, and breathe
The pump of your heart
And the pound of your footfalls
Reminding you that as you collect
The ache in your side and your lungs and your legs
You outrun the willful weakness in your head
Youth, Loose
(Inspired by “Good Life” by One Republic)
Day turns to night, night turns to whatever we want
Black and blue are the bruises we flaunt
We took heart from the heartless, feared not the fearless
And found ourselves not so separate from the rest
We gave up our heads for our hearts
Gave up the spare to save the necessary parts
Until we stand hopelessly, the hope is we
Still care enough to stare and see
We’re still young enough to say what we think
Passion pushes us against those turned to jade
We peer into the dark and we do not to blink
Riled, wild, unreconciled: rebellious; nature nurture made
The Current State of Affairs
Human lives are nothing but strings pulled tight
Lower cost of life, away with caution
Circumstance and consequence limit flight
Expectation hovers, smothering fight
Stuck in the old ways, no forward motion
Human lives are nothing but strings pulled tight
Opinion conquers fact with all its might
Fools prosper under official sanction
Circumstance and consequence limit flight
The death of our wills robs us of our light
Secure our borders, close off our factions
Human lives are nothing but strings pulled tight
We stumble headlong, with little foresight
Emphasize divides, separate nations
Circumstance and consequence limit flight
Too much to overcome, too hard to right
Too few stirring, straining, to take action
Human lives are nothing but strings pulled tight
Circumstance and consequence limit flight