Human Needs
Copyright 2026 Brian Davis - CC-BY-NC-SA
we are starved for beauty
like a sailor surrounded by salt water
none of which we can drink
except not quite
there's beauty there for us
it's always been
if we look close
we are afraid of joy
we have been taught that we must earn it
we've never done enough
do a bit more
god I am so so tired
stop it's enough
you are enough
we're shy of our power
they want to keep us that way
make us controllable
protect their place
but now with my whole chest
I will say
fuck that shit