coming of age

where is your heart

...you who are raised on love

resistant to the stains of hatred and brutality

able to shake off 

retribution

of those who

are guilty

seeking to paint their crimes

upon your spirit+soul 

whose views

 are based upon

slight of hand 

and demands that you

conform 

to a higher standard than

Jesus 

those whose views 

cast shade on every step of progress 

made to the process

of humanity

those whose

vanity

precedes 

thoughtful conversation...

those

who are not yet

lost

yet

not, yet 

found

as we 

all

come of age

we must embrace 

who we are

all

 of it

our strengths

are

our weaknesses 

abandon the false pride

our defense

against

discovery

of who we are

all

of us

must first strip away

the layers of clay

of a mask

we entertain ourselves with

and be... 

we

the people

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