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The Captain Is Mad (spoken word)

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Trying to alchemize the terror of what is happening in my country and around the world with poetry.

I’d love to create a video from a remix….

The Captain Is Mad
by Madam Snowflake

Is every day
a new struggle
against this
terrible fear?

It has returned—
that stone of sorrow 
lodged in 
my throat.

There is a tyrant 
at the helm 
of the ship 
on which
I am a passenger.

There are no lifeboats 
in sight 
and no one 
is conducting
safety drills 
for emergency escape.

Our vessel is 
aimed directly 
at a shallow bay 
filled with jagged 
volcanic boulders.

Our captain and his crew 
are surely mad.

They’ve managed 
to persuade the other 
travelers on board 
of their
competence, 
while the sea 
laughs at
our human absurdity.

No unblinded eye 
can deny 
the impending 
danger.

I feel small, 
helpless, 
powerless.

The question swirling 
in the undercurrent 
of my thought is: 
What is my recourse?

Without a door 
or exit, 
I take 
the inverse 
position 
to this insanity— 
meeting brutality 
with kindness, 
aggression 
with 
de-escalation, 
doom 
with 
hope.

I will not become 
what I oppose.

I call upon 
something 
greater than 
myself.

And with 
renewed faith 
each morning 
I bow, 
praying 
we somehow 
navigate these 
troubled waters 
and turn our 
collective heart 
toward 
the inextinguishable 
light 
of the 
sun.

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