I Do Not Want Joy

I do not want to be around these beautiful things
If I cannot share it with the world.

I do not want joy
Unless we all have it. 

I do not want to laugh
Until every tear has vanished into air.

I do not want to be free
Until the chains fall off our ankles.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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