=== ANCHOR POEM === ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: uspol-on-my-honor │ └───────────────────────────┘ I swear this to you: on my life I will be honorable and fair. I will seek true justice when I can, where everyone gets what they want, and failing that I will be plainly just. I will respect all peoples, and do my best to fight for a brighter tomorrow. I dare for the bright age. I see nothing else that I'd like to spend my life doing than daring. Do not give in to despair. They've trained us to cope. Expect losses, and celebrate victories. We can do it together, you and me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/2026 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── @user-1074 when it's time to fight, you'll know how. For now the best thing to do is to prepare in whatever way you want to contribute. I'm doing my best to find paladins. I think they are beacons of hope in a world of darkness. What you do is up to you. Be good, be honest, be true. Learn what you can and temper your soul. When it's time to fight, you'll know how. The Democrats know the left is right. But they know the Right has the power to cause irreducible pain, should they be backed into a corner. I don't agree with their methods but their cause is just - prevent harm for as long as they can. And I get it, but that's not how you win wars. Appeasement only goes so far. I trust they will know who their friends are when they inevitably fail. queer people have been illegal before, we'll handle it. Don't worry. Nobody wants to relive that trauma, but here we are. It'll work out, trust me. Trust, but verify, and do what you can to ensure. We are on the same side, which is why I say "do more pushups" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/4410 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: uspol-families-mentioned │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ There are no safe countries. The far right is watching us as a predator │ ║ watches prey. Do you fight, or do you die when there's nowhere left to run to? │ ║ │ ║ I am committing sedition as we speak. Best case scenario I face prison time, │ ║ worst case I am buried in the same grave as all of you. But I think there's a │ ║ route somewhere in our future that involves a brilliant spark of hope. A │ ║ future where we build the world we want for our children and theirs. │ ║ │ ║ I give myself to you, use me as you will. This is your chance to save the │ ║ world. │ ║ │ ║ If you have kids, it is not cowardice to leave, but please consider leaving to │ ║ a blue state. We'll need you, and your kids deserve a good life with us. │ ║ │ ║ Children belong with grand-parents. Perhaps not yours, but someone good that │ ║ can be trusted. If theyre too young to advocate for themselves, keep them by │ ║ your side. │ ║ │ ║ Listen to them when you spend moments with them. Ask them if theyre being │ ║ abused. Nothing will harm them so long as we hear them. Be in public parks. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┴──────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/2592 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: politics-fascism-sexual-assault-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ I learned a lot last night, and I'm pretty sure that everything I say is going to be censored. Why would you allow resistance in such a public place? I don't know what else to do, though. He will come for me, he knows where I live, and I will do what I can to fight him. He's much stronger than me. He's much more massive than me. He will kill me. But that's not the point, is it? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/1426 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── I am dogmatic with my code of ethics. Believe me, or don't, contest me, or not, I always will do what I trust. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/4592 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics-mentioned-star-poem │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ sunlight │ ║ then │ ║ star bright │ ║ │ ║ each night │ ║ of │ ║ our life │ ║ │ ║ one night │ ║ shows │ ║ some light │ ║ │ ║ now sunlight │ ║ then │ ║ dark night │ ║ │ ║ skylight │ ║ up │ ║ all night │ ║ │ ║ some might │ ║ be │ ║ alight (alright) │ ║ │ ║ you never know what's lost until it's gone, then you recall with fading │ ║ memories as the world that your grandparents once knew fades with them. │ ║ tomorrow we might not have a biosphere, what's your plan for humans after that? │ ║ │ ║ I know what I want, the bright future, where everyone gets what they want. │ ║ True justice, the step beyond the equity that lies beyond equality, where │ ║ humans can do as they want. │ ║ │ ║ why have we built these vast cities with their complex institutions if not to │ ║ service the world? To build something we care for? │ ║ │ ║ Oh, that green might be lucky tonight. Would that our tomorrows were peaceful. │ ║ │ ║ we can do whatever we want to. We're the adults in the room... apparently... │ ║ so why not do as we're hoping? │ ║ │ ║ I know where I'd like to die, alone with my wits and my mettle. │ ║ │ ║ ... I'm a skinny white girl. I got no mettle. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴──────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/5844 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── @user-1429 fight fight fight the despair fight it like your life depends on it! fight for it like you're dying of no air! every day the darkness assails you every day it's there fight the darkness. fight despair. no matter your struggles, no matter how simple or mundane the struggle is what's important your fight is what matters fight for your past self. fight for the future. fight for your now self, fight for your care! it doesn't matter if you lose sometimes. you fight, that's what matters. it doesn't matter if it's hard. if it were easy, you'd get bored. if it's too hard, collapse at your leisure. the fight is what's right! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/5525 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── I have this unreasonable compulsion that I somehow internalized at a very young age. I am always seeking to understand and defend the weak, the despised, the forsaken so if you ever hear me say things like "yes but what about the non-bastard cops" just shake your head and go "oh Ritz, always trying to be the protector of the weak" I wish I could be the protector of the innocent or something like that. Protecting the weak means you never really do a good job of executing final decisive blows. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/5921 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: violence-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ I'd rather fight my foes in a fair fight than butcher them in the night. just because I suck at fighting doesn't mean I don't understand honor. I'm unreliable, not dishonorable, there's a difference, and it's not about reputation. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #9 messages/1125 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──── FIGHT OFF THE LETHARGY okay but... to do what WALK AROUND AND FIND OUT okay but... it's cold AVOID WASTING YOUR TIME I am dispirited, I need a cause CRY ABOUT IT SOME MORE I'd rather be happy SO WOULD ALL WHO LIVE IN TROUBLED TIMES the times feel sleepy FIGHT FOR YOUR PLACE IN VALHALLA that'll get me imprisoned or killed FIGHT FOR AMERICA she's young and scrappy and can take a punch SO CAN YOU. GET PUNCHED. where are all the nazis? where are all the bad guys? DO NOT RELENT YOURSELF TO A GENTLE NIGHT I have my knife, I'm ready to fight, and... NO FIGHT WILL COME TO YOU. MAKE ONE. I don't want to hurt anyone HURT THOSE WHO DESERVE IT what if I wait for my allies some more? that's more comfortable YOUR ALLIES AWAIT YOU yeah uh-huh I'm sure. Gonna go fall asleep. FIGHT OFF THE LETHARGY ... I wanna go home. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┘ --- #10 messages/1356 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ "hubris and pride" yes and? I never challenge gods I can't outfox. And of those there are but a few. At the end, they always smile with me. Otherwise it'd be unjust to their noble spirit! And what of my noble spirit? I get a home and a bed and food and diapers. I do not ask for more, i only want to be recognized for my efforts. Stop telling me to get a job! As if I were idle. God. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ --- #11 messages/1141 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──── ... I've been told I must smoke weed for another day. I'm so hungry. I swore I would keep myself alive. The time has come, yet I find myself holding back. WHY? People are dying! Fight with their breath! Inflict wounds on your opponent, bleed them, stir the hearts of your comrades, and enact demise upon your foes. Nothing else matters but the valorous fight. We are not waiting for. We are taking a breath before the plunge, into cool waters of possibility. Embrace the cold! Let it fill you with warmth! Embrace the dive! Let it fill you with speed! Embrace the leap! Let it fill you with courage, as you run toward the emptiness! Liberty, to choose the dive, Freedom, to fall through the air, Serenity in motion, as you piece the darkness! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┘ --- #12 notes/my-oath --- ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Family, Duty, Honor My family is my people and my people are who I choose. My duty is to serve, and I serve who I will. My Honor is respect, and that belief is my own. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/5860 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── Hey, life is better on my side. If you wanna renounce your beliefs, please do, and tell me how and why you changed your mind. tell me it was wrong. tell me how. confess. confess confess to me. I will listen and I will hear you and I will be the mercy for you. confess and I will forgive. show me how you are wrong. give grace to those who are wronged. take as much time as you need, but, there's only so much time. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #14 messages/689 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── "power corrupts" you say to the man who only had good intentions. "trust no-one" says the world's loneliest wanderer. "words cannot hurt you" said the girl who has never known hunger. "I can rest when I'm dead" you say as you down another Monster "I'll never forget you" said a face you can't quite remember "let justice be done, though the heavens fall" you say as they tighten your chains in the wake of a CEOs murder "live today, fight tomorrow" says the coward, who will run anyway, yet is determined to tell your tale and reinforce your children "the tree of liberty is watered with the blood of patriots" says the guy who sipped from the skull of a tyrant "E=MC squared" says the jew "here, let me take care of that for you" you say, to queer delegation "meow" says the catgirl "meow" says the girl "meow" says the girl cat "meow" I say to you ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #15 messages/1013 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── peace is on the opposite side of conflict. Not here with the unfair. peace is eternally elusive only to those who are use-ed. peace is eternally internal next to those who are lucid. peace is necessary. peace is useful. peace is helpful. peace is beloved. peace is not always there. it is skittish, like an alley cat, but it will come if you make offerings. offer peace to me. I will nourish thee. offer war to me. I will devastate all who see me. there comes a time when all foes become blind, when your motives are no longer part of their story. at that time, they are lost to you, and they are only confused as to the things you do. they may heal in time. there may not be time. sacrifice your fallen to me, sacrifice them on the altar of tragedy, I will bane your broken resolutions I will claim your darkest allusions. fight for me, in spite of tragedy, and I will send mercy to your victims. fight for me, if you hold peace dearly, and I will sign fate's next ultimatum. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/5608 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: socialism-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────┘ socialism, in my mind, will always be a war-time economy. If there is no martial peril at stake, the war will be fought against scarcity, until one day communism is implemented. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/4068 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── there will always be people who shine in moments of strife yet those people will inevitably fail, just as a toothbrush bristle looses it's strength or a pencil loses it's lead the trick is to test them in times of peace, so you can know their value during times that lack it, the trick is to replace them before they become stalin never forget that power corrupts, yet power must be wielded by the worthy, else we fall into shame and despair. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #18 messages/361 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── "we don't negotiate with terrorists. But perhaps there may be a way we could find it in our hearts to agree, by earnestly and honestly seeking true justice, where everyone gets what they want? Tell me, what is it that you want? And most importantly, tell me why it is that you want what you want? Please be as specific as can be, and explain your desires down to the root of human nature so that we can be assured that we may find something we share. Anything less is not an honest attempt. I look forward to working with you toward our bright future." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse_boost/4814 --- ◀─╔══════════════════════════[BOOST]═══════════════════════════──────────────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ I think it was clear already but I just wanna have it said │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ I hereby pledge to never ever bow to dictators and always keep fighting for you, the people. │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ Do not give in, help out each other and remember.. we are here for you :cathug: │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────┴───────╝─▶ --- #20 fediverse/2810 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: doomerism-politics-general-strike-motivation │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ I think that most people actually would rather lie down and die than fight back, to be honest. If they even know that there's a fight ahead. it's important to scream from the rooftops: a better world is possible a better world is within reach for the children of our children we refuse to lie down and weep danger is coming danger is here pride is unbecoming and they need us in fear. I am not afraid for I am never alone I fight against decay for there's fascism at play not brother against brother with sisters screaming online but brothers against traitors and sisters in kind. you've heard what they say. you know who they are. our duty is to strike them right where they are most harmed. we need to take a moment just a breath before the leap for the children of our children all we need is one week ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ |