they told us superiority was a height,
a peak, a summit, a distant light.
a thing to be climbed for, a goal to be won,
a race to be finished, under the sun.
but we have felt its true weight, its core.
it is not a high place. it is a slow, deep roar.
it is not a crown. it is a chain.
it is the drugging, dragging, familiar strain.
......
they told us superiority was a height,
a peak, a summit, a distant light.
a thing to be climbed for, a goal to be won,
a race to be finished, under the sun.
but we have felt its true weight, its core.
it is not a high place. it is a slow, deep roar.
it is not a crown. it is a chain.
it is the drugging, dragging, familiar strain.
......