Sabotaged

"...we can’t live on sabotaged how-to books...."

Sabotaged

sudden moment realizing
the only skill I have
is these meager words
the only language I have
is these meager words
the only way I breathe
is through meager words

how will I survive,
how can we survive,
in our own words?
in our own words, 
“how can we survive?”

how to survive
how to revive
how to rely
how to fly
how to

we can’t live on
sabotaged
how-to books
by people 
who want us
to read their books
but not let us
write our own
[crooks]

what else can we do
what else can I do

Please
grant the writers,
the artists, the muse
some time
just a moment, not 
so much to lose;
just keep us and
hold us tight.

Let our words 
be our fight,
so your worlds 
can take flight.

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