I am pale flesh,red heart, and dreamsbalancing on reality.
There are days my boneswalk me beyond a horizonof stars and stripes war,the book of religion, andinsanity packaged as truth.
Yet, there are days I sitin a plastic chair wonderingif I am breathing or just a statuewith iPhone hands and hollow skull.
I struggle to own my wordsin the mine camp of Algorithms pouring everything I write or sayinto the clutch of Artificial Intelligence.
Every day I pinch myself to feel pain,embrace tears that prove I still have empathy,and place myself in another’s shoesso I don’t become so callous I ignore suffering.
I am human trying to sustain my humanity.
©Susie Clevenger 2025
What's Going On? ~ Being Human