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Divided By~ By Daniel Hernandez

6/25/2019

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Often, my mind wanders
            Thinking about where I was, where I am, where do I want to be?
                       Just two summers ago I was in San Francisco
                                 A new world: interning, tech, and personal politics not made for me
                                            Petty arguments, new money claiming diversity is a worthless costs
                                                       Pseudo-intellectual manifestos, remind me of old IRC groups.
                                  I just learned that my old team at that company got let go
                                               An acquisition by a goliath, social impact is the first to disappear
                                                        Antitrust and trust, it seems, are loops of the distant past.
                       Today I sit at a coffee house on the south side of the city
                                   It’s hard to turn off when reading the news
                                                 These last two years haven’t been easy, how do you regulate
                                                        A train of thoughts at full speed?
                                   This degree I’m working for, I tell myself it’s for my mom
                                        First in the family, all that jazz, but only I know it’s a receipt
                                                  Written to the State, maybe then they’ll let me stay.
                         I’m not sure where I’ll be in a week
                                    And maybe things will the same as before
                                            Something I must keep at hand are these thoughts
                                                    At some point, maybe it will be enough.
                                    All I know is that I don’t wanna stand still
                                            But I don’t really wanna keep walking
                                                   There’s just no other option, that’s what I say.
                                            I’m not sure what I want
                          If I know the boundaries
               Do I really have a say of what I can do with my life?
Often, my mind wonders that. 



Author Bio:
Daniel Hernandez is an immigrant student, residing in Chicago, IL. He is passionate about songwriting, activism, and writing.

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