Poetic outlaw reborn

 

Too old to die young,

I carry on. Burn bright or fade out?

I won’t go quiet into that good night.

I won’t silently stand by when I have

words to shout.

The poetic outlaw reborn.

A sworn enemy to silent storms.

A mouthpiece for the unloved,

the lost and alone.

 

I’ve stood in shadows,

I’ve seized the night.

I’ve basked in moonlight

and danced in the fires

of my own ravaged heart.

Now it’s time again to be reborn.

A new star in a clear sky.

A twinkle in my eye.

I laugh in the face

of those who think they

can dislodge the smile I wear.

 

I’ve been to the depths,

I’ve crept with the insects.

So, if you think I’m weak,

think twice,

I carried the

weight of the world

as you slept.

I held up the sky

as it crumbled around me.

And why?

To hear the sound of the sea,

the whispering of the breeze,

the longing songs of the birds

you tune out so easily.

 

Burn bright or fade out?

I won’t dim down the light.

I spent so long in darkness

my eyes adjusted,

but the light has held me

much closer than those

I mistakenly trusted.

I spent so long

in endless nightmares

that the devil may actually care,

may actually wonder why

I willingly put myself there.

 

But I’m too old to die young,

I tried that once, and it didn’t stick.

So now I go on,

fight my battles in the open.

Let my words be a beacon

of hope that you

can cling on to.

Because in peace, love and poetry

I hold my heart out to you.

 

 

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