Tracing a Star Backwards in a Mirror

Tracing a Star Backwards in a Mirror

Poetry

If I Could Share

A Manifesto of the Black Sheep of the Family

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Susan Moffitt
Aug 08, 2025
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If I could share with you
the deepest wisdom of my soul
it would be to stand your ground
against the forces of normalcy
that seek to subdue your heart
and make you surrender 
your soul's innate wisdom
for a blueprint of a life unlived
wherein the measure of a person
resides in their bank account
rather than the wild beating of their heart
that hears tun…

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