PostPoems Be Artistic. Be Creative. Be Inspired!

Given the choice

Noise, touch, taste

Eyes, make haste

Grow bold

Don't waste time now

See just how beautiful life can unfold

How confidence can grow

Despite caveats imposed

By those claiming to love

In spite of greener grass

Purer gold

I've got to say what I've got to say

Without retribution

Just how pitifully our human condition

Has made us willfully and woefully

Drown our inhibitions

Load our ammunition

Just to watch it dig into our innocent brother's

And, sacred sister's

We once vowed we'd respect and only love

Thicker skin

Some might beg

For endurance when

It's called for

I say, "No more."

Why facilitate fear for envy

Why relegate the weak

To a weaker standing

Why satiate strength

With so-called power-grabbing

Instead of reflecting on the need itself

I've got to say what I've got to say

Love your brother

Love your sister

Turn within to water what's withered

And, watch what's nurtured

Blossom into orchards

And, cover up the scars and scorches

We've allowed to load ammunition

Instead of love without condition