To Breathe and Grow

 To Breathe and Grow

I don’t support the mainstream news,

those corporate actors on a stage,

nor idol makers, twisted views,

on worship alters of our age.

I don’t believe, what they unfold,

research instead what I don’t know,

which makes me seem a little bold,

but helps me see; to breathe and grow.

I cannot rest when told a lie,

but speak to that which threatens me,

to share the knowledge I come by,

while hoping that it sets me free.

I question censors of my voice,

the ones who force their will on me,

who take my freedoms and my choice,

on everything they disagree.

I don’t believe, what they unfold,

research instead what I don’t know,

which makes me seem a little bold,

but helps me see; to breathe and grow.

I once believed the mainstream news,

believed the stories I was told,

until the day I found out why,

the day I found I was controlled.

Today I’m free, I have let go,

my focus now is straight ahead,

my mind no longer in the slow,

nor filled to brim with all the dread.

I don’t believe, what they unfold,

research instead what I don’t know,

which makes me seem a little bold,

but helps me see; to breathe and grow.

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The Activist Poet