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  Feb 2018 Inkveined
Langston Hughes
Democracy will not come
Today, this year
   Nor ever
Through compromise and fear.

I have as much right
As the other fellow has
  To stand
On my two feet
And own the land.

I tire so of hearing people say,
Let things take their course.
Tomorrow is another day.
I do not need my freedom when I'm dead.
I cannot live on tomorrow's bread.

      Freedom
      Is a strong seed
      Planted
      In a great need.

      I live here, too.
      I want freedom
      Just as you.
  Feb 2018 Inkveined
anonymous
sometimes I stare
at my palm and
imagine how good
it would feel
for you to
hold my hand
  Feb 2018 Inkveined
anonymous
the type of sadness
where you're heart
will bleed
black and blue
onto a
blank page
  Feb 2018 Inkveined
J.R.R. Tolkien
Gil-galad was an Elven-king,

Of him the harpers sadly sing:

The last whose realm was fair and free

Between the Mountains and the Sea.



His sword was long, his lance was keen,

His shining helm afar was seen;

The countless stars of heaven's field

Were mirrored in his silver shield.



But long ago he rode away,

And where he dwelleth none can say;

For into darkness fell his star

In Mordor where the shadows are.
  Feb 2018 Inkveined
Dana Colgan
Sometimes you don't realise
that all these eyes just distract your mind
with sensations of being unaligned.
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