Stardust:<\/p>\n
Do you think the quest for change futile? Going abroad didn\u2019t change nothing. See how broken the world is? Do they speak to you of a post-racial society? Did they tell you “it\u2019s business”? You know why the roads aren\u2019t paved? Others choose to face the lion, There is no rising out of the ashes. But Stardust, Going abroad is a double-take, By the end you\u2019ll feel the impact. Stardust: Do you think the quest for change futile? Don\u2019t you know? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The sky isn\u2019t the limit.\u00a0\u00a0 Going abroad didn\u2019t change nothing. Just clarified what I already knew. The darkness finally shone. Truth once averted, now spilling from my soul. See how broken the world is? Whatever seemed daunting before, seems unattainable now. Because, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":685,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[115],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chidint\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chidint\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chidint\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chidint\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/685"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chidint\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1381"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chidint\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1419,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chidint\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381\/revisions\/1419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chidint\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chidint\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/chidint\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDon\u2019t you know?
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The sky isn\u2019t the limit.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n
\nJust clarified what I already knew.
\nThe darkness finally shone.
\nTruth once averted,
\nnow spilling from my soul.<\/p>\n
\nWhatever seemed daunting before,
\nseems unattainable now.
\nBecause,
\nwe are divided.
\nPepsi-Cola and Coca Cola get a cut.
\nEveryone is getting a cut off black bodies.
\nThe government has its own agenda,
\nour people are bargaining chips,
\nwhen the party is over,
\nthrow them away.<\/p>\n
\nLies about progress,
\nfalsified reports,
\nstatistics that prove nothing.<\/p>\n
\nThere is no business.
\nIt\u2019s tradition,
\ntaking away human lives.
\nPregnant women who don\u2019t eat,
\ngrandfathers with knives stuck in their back,
\nand grandmothers living in a shack.<\/p>\n
\nBecause to get out you must fly,
\nsoar above.
\nWhen you fall,
\nget back up.<\/p>\n
\nwith its dark circles and golden mane.
\nHe looks like a potential friend.
\nBut he waits till he catches the weakest member.
\nThen he feasts with his pride.
\nThe freshest meal they\u2019ve had in a while.
\nIt\u2019s nature and the witnesses watch,
\ntaking pictures,
\nmarveling at the beauty of the kill.<\/p>\n
\nThe vultures finish off the bones.
\nNothing left to resurrect.<\/p>\n
\nYou are dynamic.<\/p>\n
\na chance to listen to the space between the voices.
\nA chance to take the good with the bad.
\nAnd a chance fall in love with a new set of mountains.<\/p>\n
\nYour sparks are now more powerful,
\nignite the world as you rise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"