Seek. Heidi's pick.

Seek
Keep your young blood close,
The Holy War Machine's deployed.
Recruiters hunt for students
Like them Columbine boys.
"You won't die alone if you
Can get your friends to join..."
Seek and employ,
Search and destroy.
You're a soldier first, son
That fuckin' gun is not a toy.
I'd rather be buried beside
A grave of pacifist pussies than
Arbitrarily die.
Not for oil, not for money,
Not for Christian pride.
I hold my heart for the sacred stars and
Stripes in hope of stronger civil rights.
America, I thank you.
For the life I freely lead.
Dissent is the blessed beast of free speech,
So I mean this with love when I say:
Get your shit together,
In the name of life and liberty.
-Tylor Sherman


Seek.

I haven't written in a long time
with an actual pen and paper
black pen to be exact
i hate blue pens
they make my words look cheap
like your bleach streaked hair
and your pearly whites
that show through your smiley snare
I wish you'd just say how you really feel.
I'm a bitch because, I do.
But at least I am honest.
you need to get fucking real.
but until you do,
seek friendship elsewhere.

-Shannon Masayo


Seek

Take a number, stand in line
They call this limbo; purgatory
Somewhere in the middle of heaven and hell
Somewhere and nowhere at the same-time
Stand before your judge; your maker
Your executioner or your savior
Plead your case, await your fate
As the gavel slams you start pray
Now you seek forgiveness
Now you show remorse
But inaction speaks louder than the words you never spoke
The casket lid is closed now
You can’t hurt her again
May god have mercy on your soul, for your unrequited sin
May you learn to be good again, may the fates forgive your folly
Just know my mother could have been saved with one two word apology

-Ryan Baker