"Confusion,"a Poem by Marguerite Devine-Mraz '17

Something pure and corrupt

Not quite there but not quite gone

Is it lost for good?

Or is it here to stay?

To live with it is to live without it

Spiraling down into the sky

And draining up to the ocean

It is opposite of what is similar

Confusing in only appearance

Clear in what does not seem real

Cloudy in a clarifying moment

Something pure and corrupt

Feeding the envy

Starving the hate

Urging the jealousy

Defeating the petty

Confident in all that is good

Untrusting in the faith

Skeptical in what is untrue

Something pure and corrupt

Like an emotional rollercoaster

Always going up and down

When you expected it to go side to side

Stopping when you wanted to go

Leaving when you wanted to stay

Cannot follow the rules

But cannot break the rules

Stuck in between

Wondering what could be

When all it is

Is what it is not