IF THERE WERE NO POETS
The world would drown in chaos
men devouring the scalps of men
where vices crown themselves as kings
and virtue fades into dust.
If there were no poets
faith would be stripped of breath
a story told by scholars only
no Bible, no Torah, no Quran.
It is the poet who shapes the world
not with laws of gravity or motion
but with tender reins on human hearts
keeping our wildness from ruin.
If there were no poets
no sacred texts would make a sound
no verses to stir the soul
no words to humble evil.
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