On Writing
Writings are written for the time in which they're penned
Writing is not honest if it's afraid to offend
A writer cannot trouble themselves over how their words will age
Otherwise no writers ink would ever reach the page
In looking at the musings of pieces from years gone
It's useful to keep it in the frame of what was going on
You may think the words have no place in our modern day
You may pick it all apart and judge the things they say
You may call the ideas crass and disbelieve the words
But you can only disbelieve if you once believed it first
The only way change comes around, the only way we grow
Is by exploring ideas and themes where others dare not go
Let these writings do exactly as authors intend
Let them make you stop and think, and yes, even offend
Cancel culture says it's wrong, but here's a little tip
To me it sounds an awful lot like ing censorship
Let writers now right for today
Let writers past have their say
And when old ideals start to stray
Let future writers pave the way
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