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To prevail or to fail choose wisely

Jenna Binns

                      Low key aware of actions changing, while suffocating in silence.
                                             My soul is fading.
                  Freedom in sight but shackled by guilt.
If admission of mistakes will release the truth from imprisonment by shame then why continue to hide what is already known?
                 An eye for an eye to level the playing field is understood, but to claim false innocence will destroy the once united.
              Courageously take accountability to save integrity and gain a new respect for salvation, or deny actions chosen.
                                                     Don’t look outward in order to place one’s blame if deciding the latter.

Instead point fingers while looking into the mirror.
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Written on May 07, 2023

Submitted by jenna_b on May 13, 2023

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Jenna Binns

 · 1994 · Iowa

I’ve been writing poetry on and off for the last 17 years, it’s a way for me to escape the reality that I live at that moment in time, while also locking it onto paper in physical form. So that my mind is no longer burdened with the mostly negative emotions that inspire and create them. more…

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  • cokerrogers
    cokerrogers
    Wonderful. I really like this. I as well as countless others have been in this position more than once. Thank you for the Beautiful poem and a renewed sense of it’s not just me who sometimes faulters. Best of luck to you. 
    LikeReply1 year ago
  • karlcfolkes
    karlcfolkes
    What a beautifully written poem that describes one’s frailty and one’s strengths, one’s innocence and one’s guilt, one’s awareness of our multidimensional selves; and the innate courage to place everything in balance for the purpose of maintaining one’s integrity. A mature outlook for a poet still in the bloom of life. 
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • yuri810402002
    yuri810402002
    The silver of the screen can cause the illusion of the nail 'in need' of shine and weather the surface of the glass reflects an honest tale, it is up to you to show what color of brow you raise and either accept or dissaprove the tone in which thon familiar expects heirs present, 'niche` comedy spirit. It will grow if you stare, into thine starry ways. 
    LikeReply1 year ago
  • Philipo
    Philipo
    At times, to have breathing space to even point a finger at someone while the other three are pointing at you, you need to point fingers and apportion blame to the best of your knowledge. Enlightening work. 
    LikeReply 11 year ago

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