17 August 2025, @mariannewest's Freewrite Writing Prompt Day 2832: broken system

@opeyemioguns · 2025-08-17 21:14 · Freewriters

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[Pi]

Under the polished floors, there is a divided foundation.

They always sweep the dust, it's fine though.

It's okay to tell us everything.

Fresh posters and speeches adorn the walls,

Underneath the paint, however

The framework shakes.

Voices surge and die off in the corridors.

lost in the labyrinth of guidelines

written to resemble justice

but molded to safeguard power.

Line formation:

though doors intended to open

remain locked from inside.

There is no one shatter,

There was no sharp drop—

only the deliberate, sustained shattering

of confidence,

of patience,

of faith.

And as they instruct us to be quiet,

to be grateful,

We quietly ponder.

how much more time a faulty system takes

can pretend to stand.

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