Noah Dannenberg
you may be happy in your 9-5,
but we will never be.
you may be content spreading your black tar
over the potholes in the road
the same way that you spread
your traditional, tired, tar
over the aspirations of those
who just want something different,
something more.
you may be happy living within
the confines of your four walls,
but we will never be.
we will never be spoon-fed
the idea of what is right and what is wrong
or told that we’re simply
‘ignorant liberals’
by the people that have never
had the courage to explore
everything that could prove to be more.
we will not be told
what we are doing is wrong
or what we believe is wrong
by those that have never had the
chance to experience
the satisfaction and the greatness
that can be felt by
simply loving one another.
we will not be sorry
for being a woman or
for our religion or
for being black or being gay
for being what we are
for defining for ourselves what it means
to live and be present in the
world happening around us:
you may be happy in your 9-5,
but we are not.