Ideologies
a poem by Nakeysha Roberts Washington
Fragmented truths skew logic.
When Marxist ideologies falter,
take up an existentialist perspective
--Everyone is out for self.
Don't let those inviting smiles fool you.
There is only one person you can depend on
and she can hear your interior thoughts.
She knows your Modus operandi so thoroughly
She snatches your hand and guides you through what you've cognitively outlined as your first steps.
Don't let the whispers distract you
because they'll try to
Stop you at the beginning
There is not winning
if you never get in position when the
Runner. Mark. Set. Go.
Bullets in flight-
And you try to, but it's all too tangled:
Enveloped, intertwined.
Mixed truths and lies
--Everyone is out for self.