Our Fated Selves

Folding in to convention,
Sealed in creases of acceptance,
Maligned and misled
By the false promises
Of a stolen heart, 
We chase the white whale
Of validation
Into waters of denial…
  ‘Fury—the rallying cry
   of our vengeful spirit
   Hate—the jilted lover
   of our fated selves’

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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