PoetryVol. 1, Issue 1

Faith/Fate

Every night, my heart achesMy whole body shakesI can’t understand the charges I’m onSometimes I wish I was never born

This crazy world, with its twist of fateAnd all along, you find you’re the baitWhat happened to innocent until proven guilty?Uh, I forgotThe democracy we live in is filthy!

You’ve shut down my dreams and hopeAnd now you expect me to copeFaith has brought me all this wayYeah, you’re right on that note

God wants me to stay.

Pencil-style drawing of a heart cracked down the middle into two halves.
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Poet
Shurese Resé Bailey
First published
Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 2024 · p. 38
Original edition
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