POEM STARTER

Submitted by Maranda Quinn

They say forgiveness is a virtue, but I’d rather keep my anger.

Use this line as inspiration for a poem.

“valuable” virtues

My anger is my weapon

It’s what motivates me

To keep getting up every day


But forgiveness and anger

Are not mutually exclusive


I can know I’m in the wrong

But hate you anyways


I can know I’m in the right

And still blame myself


Could I even still remember

If I really, really tried

How it felt before I died

Before the world fried my mind

And now I cannot stand asking why


Why should it matter

If the situation keeps getting sadder

Don’t flatter me

I keep the innocence of Alice

And the sanity of the Hatter


My mind is a constant

Echo of duality

I am a brave coward

With mechanical flowers

Growing inside my heart

I am an idiot

Who is so so smart


My anger is forgiving

And so I won’t give it up for

A virtue that someone else

Decided was valuable.

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