I'm Studying You

In Honor Of Emma.

Lazarus

I came from your mighty and poor.
I huddled in search
of weapons of mass destruction
with the self-imposed refuse of society,
yearning to breathe life
into us and a rigid shoreline
while sacrificing
what led me here first.
Brazen not am I,
for I wish to recapture
just less of what I lost
in a tired economy
with
just less of what I lost
in attempting to defend it.

I wish not to glow world-wide
on my family's behalf.
I only hope to remain
a man, a woman,
a father, a son,
a mother, a daughter,
a life with return.
Just is not just
justice undone.

A mightier woman seeks my peace.
I ask and she answers,
"Please, bring them back.
Safely."

Emma Lazarus will be posthumously inducted to the National Women's Hall of Fame this October in Seneca Falls, NY (near Rochester). She is noted for writing what has been inscribed on The Statue Of Liberty.

Hello and happy Tuesday Studyees, and here's what's up:

* I wrote something today. See above.

* Josh comes home today. I was really hoping he'd wreck his dad's house like he wrecked Jess' first, but since his dad sees no problem in holes being punched in walls when one doesn't get their way, then no problem. In my non-perfect eyes, nothing has been solved. I still have a slight fear, until I talk to him.

* A once-close friend/rival was just diagnosed with MS. Why does disease need to follow me, and not take me for what little I have? Why not wipe out the prime candidates first, like me?

* J got herhotnessself a nice winter jacket. I need pants. The premise of "let's go to Sears to look at jeans" turned into a fashion show of clearance coats. And shoes. And I am not impressed.

Have many more things itchin' on my skullcap, but my sis is livin' and I have a guest, so I best be jettison. GOODDAY NOW!!