The Writer’s Vision of Enduring Repetition

vision

“Vision” is a short poem reflecting on history, repetition and the recurring patterns of power, colonisation and exploitation that shape human societies across generations.

the poet said
you see recurrences

over and over
as you get older –

like places colonized
seized & named

brutalized
saddled with debt.

don’t be surprised
as proxies fester

or the outright brute
grabs land

grabs booty
scary long arms

weaving a dark
expansive web;

the poet said
you see recurrences

over and over
as you get older.

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