Speare Earth Poetry Poet Ode

Naked

NAKED

*an ode to Fatherhood*







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I have always wanted to see
The different colors of the earth
To travel the round edges of the planet
To swim the pacific and fish the Euphrates.
I have been ready for this world 
But this world does not want to see me yet 
Nature tells me,
For i am naked.

I have sought to go places 
Where no man has been to.
To dance to the lyre
From a Scottish ballad,
To drink from an elephant tusk, 
Filipino wine.
I have been ready for this world 
But this world does not want to see me yet,
Nature interrupts ;
Go make peace with your household
For you are naked!

Achie,
My papa said the easiest way to see the world  
As a proletariat is through the honey rich pages 
Of the book.
This book, he invested all he ever earned.
My son fair well in life, he says.
Please do not forget your humble beginning
Nature reckons on me 
For i am naked!

My papa is crude and destitute 
He has paid his blood and sweat for my literacy 
"You will do more than i have done, my son"
He echoes to the wind that travels to the west.
My papa is not aware that in this book world 
You are who you know.
I have appeased the elements to make way for me 
For my father is aging.
Nature tells me to go and make peace at home 
For i know i am naked.














G H o P S
X 
M c J

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