Wasting Time Writing Poetry

We write poems, not poetry And we don’t waste our time We denounce the scandalous slime As we expose all unspeakable crimes We throw lemons, limes and rhymes At them to chase away what’s so ugly In them. We definitely want a better World of compassion, love and peace We cannot sleep at night, since there’s a list Of good deeds and things that we want to offer Violence is ubiquitous, violence is everywhere For all our children, we want a better and safer Environment. We want to always please Mom Nature We speak out as loud as we can at the daily fair We write a lot to tell the truth under the sun We shout when it’s necessary to wake up the son Of the mean, racist and grumpy old man at the beach We do our best to expose them as we unleash Lethal verses and powerful words to subdue them And we even pray to a God still absent in Eden When the victims are not white, powerful and rich We don’t waste our time at all. We ponder and we teach As we strive to create a better, safer and friendlier niche Free of abject poverty, heinous violence and discrimination As we remind everybody that we’re headed to one Nation After death. The breath that we take is not cheap at all Without this essentially vital oxygen, in due time, we all fall. Copyright © July 2024, Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved. Hébert Logerie is the author of several poetry collections.