Killing the Messenger

Anyone who is a poet, these days
Seems very sensitive and scares easily away
They might seem to have some errors some say
But maybe they were to be created that way

So be very careful, for whatever you say
For the poet is human and can easily sway
In any direction they can go to each day
Put it on the end of a pen to quietly say
If you could do better, would you be talking that way?

And you are the one being scared easily away
To find what is written maybe about you today
And anyone who is a poet, these days
May seem to have found your errors some say
but then maybe you were created that way

And soon in the end no words anymore too play
All the words we have in our minds go silent today
They will all disappear in the end and be taken away
Who was writing out our pain, were frightened some say
And now everyone wonders why no more poets today
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Pinet Avatar
February 5, 2015 at 1:03 PM
Your words where enchanting and you pulled off a great bit of poetry here with a deeper meaning submerged within their wisdom. Emile #7
Ferguson Avatar
February 6, 2015 at 8:47 AM
oh good I hoped it came out right, thank you so much, I love it when I get one like this,
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