Written to the prompt “Proof that I made it.” For some reason this prompt really pissed me off.
The term “Made It”
Has no relevance
It is an message ego wrapped
Meant to quantify emptiness
Displaced by accomplishment
A life lived where empathy is shared
Where emotions are not castrated
By fear of a neighboring view
Has no unit of measure
Where love of family
Accepts any discernible differences
Where love itself is a personal note
Has no check box
Where willful destruction
Is accepted and for what?
For wealth, awards blazing glory?
In a society where “Made It”
Defines an abysmal view of greatness
That sucks all humanity into a vacuum
That lacks qualities of a teachers
Text of forgiveness, care and wisdom
Of all our peers that excludes no one
“Made It” has no glory
No love of others
Has no anonymity
Poetry by Kee Zealy
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Written on 2026-07-30 at 13:53
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Made What?
In a realm of lived experienceThe term “Made It”
Has no relevance
It is an message ego wrapped
Meant to quantify emptiness
Displaced by accomplishment
A life lived where empathy is shared
Where emotions are not castrated
By fear of a neighboring view
Has no unit of measure
Where love of family
Accepts any discernible differences
Where love itself is a personal note
Has no check box
Where willful destruction
Is accepted and for what?
For wealth, awards blazing glory?
In a society where “Made It”
Defines an abysmal view of greatness
That sucks all humanity into a vacuum
That lacks qualities of a teachers
Text of forgiveness, care and wisdom
Of all our peers that excludes no one
“Made It” has no glory
No love of others
Has no anonymity
Poetry by Kee Zealy
Read 12 times
Written on 2026-07-30 at 13:53
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