carry my thoughts
i’ll carry your prate
carry my heart
i’ll carry your hate
carry my prayers
i’ll carry your fears
carry compassion
i’ll care for your tears
carry acceptance
i’ll carry your doubt
carry each other
what caring’s about
carry my freedom
i’ll carry your rights
carry my suffrage
i’ll carry your slights
carry my hardships
i’ll carry forgiveness
carry my healthcare
i’ll carry your sickness
carry your wrath
get carried away
carry injustice
it’ll be here to stay
carry your guns
they’ll carry death
pull on the trigger
take a last breath
carry its memory
carry your guilt
carry regret
for the blood you have spilt
carry your body
i’ll carry mine
take nationalism
leave the ism behind
carry the courage
to not carry arms
carry the decency
to not cause us harm
carry my thoughts
i’ll carry the dream
of an america
not this extreme
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Rémy Dambron is a Portland-based author and culinary artist. His creative writing, with the help of his loving wife and chief editor, has been featured in What Rough Beast, New Verse News, Poets Reading the News, Writers Resist, Words & Whispers, and Spillwords, among other publications.
