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[apiphile]

The Wanderer's Song

No land but the soles of my feet
no tongue but what holds my spit
you say all men should have a country
but I say i want none of it

no language to hold and bind me
no bones and borders to shelter in
no faith or family to blind me
to that final battle no one wins

you all say close-knit society
like it's something all should do
and so forget that which shields
will also strangle you.

loose weave lets me live freer
and draw more honest breath
and because I don't clutch onto life
oh strangers, I don't fear death

Comments

[wolfy_writing]

I like this!

[kat_lair]

ugh, fuck you for being this good (i love it)

[apiphile]

Is something I feel pretty strongly about, the idea that obsessive clinging to culture and fortress mentality is a manifestation of fear of mortality ("if this survives beyond me unchanged then i haven't died") and as such i think confronting the reality of your own death is good for keeping xenophobia down. on a more emotional level, though, FUCK BORDERS and FUCK STRANGERS WHO THINK THEY OWN YOU BECAUSE YOU SHARE A NATIONALITY

[kat_lair]

I think the problem about culture and clinging to it, is when you expect it to remain unchanging.

I really, really liked this a lot.