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In reply to the discussion: Wow. Bravenak (DU member) going at it with Sarandon! [View all]pamela
(3,469 posts)For Hillary:
Is the world my grave?
Should I hide in loss and refuse human touch?
My proud stance in defeat induces outrage,
they eat my tears, and drink my blood.
Lean on my losses like the veriest crutch.
Should I simply die?
Maybe stop the blood from flowing, to pay your cost?
The fact that I breathe seems to facilitate,
rending of garments; revelries in my loss,
fainting couches and embers of hate
Do you want me to hide in the woods?
A lonely old woman just picking her way
through the brambles in the wilderness
of lies, and attacks, and abuse that lay
on the path of most resistance?
Shall I dig the hole real deep?
How far beneath the earth should my living body rest?
Youd send me to the place where old women go
when old men would rather see them no more?
Quietly dying on the brink of the crest.
No, the world is not my grave.
I shall not die in shame.
The woods are too quiet to keep me contained.
I will burn up the world until my light dies,
I rise again like the Phoenix, unrestrained.