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Cross Off Hell and Enter Yourself

"CROSS OFF HELL AND ENTER YOURSELF"



tackled before the end 
and your mud has dried up.
there are ways around it, 
find them.
failure is every love that
made you sleep with the dogs.
backing down isn't in your deck.

all those nights you turned 
the lamp on,
all those nights you watched 
the shadows dance outside 
your window,
all those nights you ran your 
thumb over your blade,
gave you the wind of the city.

now move, dirt, trees, signs, 
people, building's, cars, oceans, 
mountains, skies and worlds.

shake the galaxy and let other 
galaxies know you're there.

they tied the rope around your 
neck and you pulled yourself down. 

throw your chest to the sun 
and pull up every submission 
you've been under. 

one to one from the chest up,
seize your fight.


By: Chicano Eddie
3-12-2017

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Tony Devers Date: 3/12/2017 5:15:00 PM I like this poem, it has pace and tension, a nice rhythm to it, a bit of swagger and a mood of defiance. Quite evocative too, moody in a sort of film noir way. I can envisage Humphrey Bogart looking through the curtains of a motel, about to step out into a hostile world, and walk tall... Login to Reply