You are an
Angel with a
Martyr’s crown.
Eyes cast
Downward upon
The ground
“Destruct”
Fear.
The long loud lines
Of industry, traffic, commerce
Every moment alive to die
Held tight by the within
Where you gasp take hands
Take heart take shelter from
The world.
This world;
Aware & so full of
Mad men & mad women, demons
A society hanging on NOW
On high on volume on 10 on
Now NOW NOW NOW
NOW
Not today
Not tomorrow
Become one of them
Fit in
Belong
Make do.
Don’t think
Don’t disagree
And forget
All the things that
They say “Don’t Matter”
Like literature
And your poetry
Your books & you’re feelings
And the journal that is you.
For you child
Are only an angel
With a martyr’s crown
Just another misfit
A ne’er-do-wel
But do not
Do not ever
Let them
Take away who you are
For that is the gift
That can never be
Replaced.
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R.M. Engelhardt 2011
R.M. ENGELHARDT 