Derek Hernandez

Who am I? And where do I lie?

A question this vessel again is to find.

Follow the school, and never do stray,

To stay alive, to stay the same.

What is my name? What are my traits?

My brain has lost my own very tastes;

My love to do, is what is replaced,

To stay aligned, to stay the same.

Eyes upon eyes, including mine 

Are to blame,

Sticking out is the key, but

Too is the shame.

Of not being matched, or

Ever alike.

Being yourself is the death yet the light.

Who am I? And where did I lie?

A question this vessel again had to find.

In an open field, among open eyes,

Opened again, was my original mind.

I did something different, and that is I.

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Being stressed, tightened, and locked,

In a corner of self-breaking wrought.

The mind, slowly decomposing,

self-exposing it's inner Thoughts.

Relying on drips on drops

To keep going,

Relying on tears and hugs 

To keep from exploding.

So much love, wanting the feeling of,

Being free of me, and being enough.

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At home, torture is the norm. 

My family suffers the toxic mufflers,

My life's a storm.

I want safety, 

Some freedom from this part of humanity,

Enjoy other cruelties across other plains I'll seek.

Oh, they search for me by the bark,

My eyes glow, 

My teeth shine as my skin blends me through the dark.

A weapon,

A defense not a fence,

Is what guards the ale that'll intoxicate me

Far less than the drunk dream at home.

Oh, I'll make it, 

I'll live the dream of freedom, if I

Wait, wait, wait, wait, freeze, go, run,

Make it through to the light,

Barrel through the dark

Dodging all the knights, as their

lead pierces through my heart.

The cold takes us apart.

Over here, rainbows are told to shine,

I'm told what I want can be mine.

If I truly try my best, 

Push my mind to the test,

I'll surely rise above the rest.

I'm only weakened unjustly,

Torn down by those who got me here, 

No one trusts me.

I'm eyed by every corner, 

feared by every washed entity, 

I'm being harassed in this cell.

This fence that is keeping me in's

Making me bleed, 

Almost like home.

and Oh, I'll make it, 

I'll live the dream of freedom, if I,

wait, wait, wait, wait, freeze, go, run,

Make it through to what light?

Barreling though this dark,

Chased by every knight, as their

king pierces through my heart.

The Fire too takes us apart.

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Poisoning the undead

While we're read lullabies,

Feeding ducks bread because 

We were fed lies.

Killing known facts so to

Shush forward knowledge,

Billing blessed rights so to

Push birds from college. 

Dreadful doings, dreadful doings,

A part of the plan to apprehend movings.

Dreadful doings, dreadful doings,

A sharp in the hand, the other holding green.

Dreadful doings, dreadful doings,

Carved out land to separate some genes.

Dreadful doings, dreadful doings,

This love's for you, not my instincts ensuings.

The American Dream's 

Just a dream,

Another rung for not you or me.

The American dream's,

Not for free,

A white led cast with a white male lead.

The American seams are being

frayed,

Revealing bugs of greed,

The dolls name?

Oogie Boogie.

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