Be a Warrior Poet / Reprise

Bleed  salty tears

heart

fragile / beating / open

expose truth

be unafraid

use your pen to paint pictures

ugly and beautiful

your naked soul as your palate

You poet.

Show me an original alchemy

where you turn your fear into courage

make medicine out of that poison

that is slowly killing you

dig yourself out of that early grave

they dug for you

and cry me

a polluted river

toxic salty

words

so the parasites

don’t have to live inside of you

anymore

and when you’re done

stand in a standing room only
dimly lit room full of poets

or a city street

or facing the ocean

and read it

out loud

to the world

I promise

Someone will listen.

By Mariposa