Capturing Campus: The Right Way

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The Right Way

I could tell myself 

I’m right

but there is no way to know

how I was meant 

to turn out

the beliefs  

the hurt 

a mind in mutiny

the inside suffering  

indoctrination until opinions

become ghosts

untouched and unfelt

preaching reason and absurd escape

packing the mind until stuffed and bursting 

with hard-to-hear thoughts 

was I meant to be this way

or did circumstance

bend me

into a familiar shape

EKArts

Erin Knape is a University of Michigan senior majoring in psychology and minoring in creative writing. Her greatest passion has always been the arts, whether that be writing, painting, or photography. Capturing Campus, a weekly installment of poetry and photography, aims to capture campus life through artistic expression. Dive into Capturing Campus every Sunday!

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