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identity


who am i

to want
to think i need
to silently grind hours
until time loses value

to sleep clearly
without sedation
or strangling hallucination

to escape predators
while equals falter

to expect good fortune
grows from moral behavior

to see through
the "decent treatment"
given by my captors

who am i

to observe
what seems to be
crucial social norms,
the kind
that makes every conscious sufferer
glad to be alive........

                   (albeit in brief elusive stretches)

.....and allow myself
to marinate in
unfulfilled desire`s
palpable bitterness

who am i

after enjoying sustained
existential bliss,
having set the bar
of mutual pleasure
through inter-personal connection
at dizzying heights,
leaving me
spoiled at youth
with a Vizier`s perspective,

to harbour even a sliver
of rational hope
my cracked spirit
may once again
rise to such altitude

who am i

not to accept
that i was granted enough
not to simply be thankful
and slither away
into grey wasteland







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