Monday, March 14, 2011

People Murmur as They Pass

Soldiers have their band of brothers
And Christian saints set lights 
On hills to be seen
But poets lurk in dark corners


Writing words that stay sealed in books
That they hide under piles
Of heaped illusions
For fear of being found out


Hearing people murmur as they pass
Saying: there's the poet, the freak
We judge you and condemn you
As being too different from us


But I stand up and throw down the bands sealing my book
Speak word of wisdom and foolish thoughts
And point my finger and say
You too write poetry

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