Us Against Them
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Us Against Them
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there will always be the need for one more poem 2 describe how i feel
catch the word before it changes its clothes
and transforms into a new set
i must create new words 2 equal my pain
i tried 2 close the book
but my poems become like the world’s sins and they sit down in filth and multiply surround me, cause me 2 question my words
one poem asked, “why are you so in love with pain?” i answered, “pain is someone i have known
since i was conceived,
my mother’s pain grew in me and became strong,
i must write what i know”
a deep long dark poem asked me, “why don’t you conceal your pain and make your people smile?” the child is scared of the truth when it plays with the wrong side the truth must be spoken
even when it takes on a ugly form
it is simply the job of the artist to strangle the question until it bleeds the answer
my poems think 4 themselves and ask a final question, “will we be made 2 smile one day?”
i answer,
“when the world becomes like poetry naked and pure
when we look into our hearts
and discuss our fears like children, then you will smile”
my poems understand
and go into the world to find a sad soul 2 read them and question the world.