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Empire attempts to extinguish Love because it is the only effective means for liberation that we have.
Empire attempts to extinguish Love because it is the only effective means for liberation that we have.
what is a mind at war
with itself
my Self
fragmented
oozing through the gaps
in my Spirit
a thousand festering wounds
burn through my vessel
through Me,
“the observer”
feels more like
“the victim”
begging for a
permanent end
to the suffering that is
Life
relentless
loss
cruelty
despair
the pressure
of one thing piling
atop another
& another
& another
trying to hold it
together
keep it moving
lest i die or
worse
i break
& the corrosive ichor
that’s seeped through
my Spirit
my Self
spills unto Every Thing
a rot
that burrows deep
& makes a feast
of All that is sacred
to Me,
a thing
still beyond it’s own reach
lost
& at war with itself.
a heart beats in my chest and
my lower belly
clenches around the hollow
carved out of the
Life
that grew there
down the drain
with a quart of blood and
shreds of my flayed heart
find their way out
of my mouth and
my eyes and
my hands
shake uncontrollably as i
cradle this cursed body
piloted by
this cursed Mind
a scrap of my
supposedly
beautiful Soul
but
“i” feel like
the ugliest thing
in all Creation and
i resent this Soul
for choosing this Life and
i resent this Self for
the suffering it’s brought
upon others and
me
sabotaged by my own wounds
inflicted by ghosts who
hound my every step
my dreams
my thoughts
my Spirit
my Life
The hood exists because of white supremacist imperialism. Violence in the hood is a result of white supremacist imperialism.
It is an intentionally manufactured breeding ground for prison-slave labor, sex-slave labor, & continued subjugation of Stolen African descendants.
The deaths of my loved ones were by design. My trauma is by design.
I don’t think I will ever be free of the pain.
Whether it’s an overtly spiritual practice such as Conjure or Christianity, or a subtly spiritual practice, such as daily expressions of creativity or moments of connection with our environment, we need habits that allow us to maintain a bond with our Innermost Self.
It is the only part of us that can grant the peace we need to take action that will lead us—and all around us—in the direction of growth.
The ins and outs of participation in human society continue to confuse and surprise me. Sometimes, the thought of merely existing on this plane makes me uncomfortable. These past few months have felt like I’ve been wandering, drifting, sometimes seen and sometimes not. I have a vague idea of what my destination is and Read more
