To the Rejected, Outcast Poet

If you're weird, a black sheep, a natural outsider,
If you fish in a solitary pond.
If you come from the lonely, the lost and forgotten,
If you're eccentric, living beyond

The social etiquette of populist mantra,
To say and do what others demand?
Then you and I are friends in our gorgeous sublime,
To face the world, together, hand in hand.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Kinch  Avatar
August 6, 2017 at 9:32 AM
Perfectly penned Lewis.
Mccall Avatar
July 18, 2017 at 9:33 AM
Well said Lewis you have expressed how many of us poets feel. When I tell people I write poetry they look at me like I have two heads. It seems we fish in the same pond my friend.
Raynes Avatar
July 23, 2017 at 10:41 PM
Thanks Edward
Mhangwa Avatar
July 9, 2017 at 7:11 AM
Very relatable. Nice poem there my friend!
Raynes Avatar
July 23, 2017 at 10:37 PM
Thanks Kudzai
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