They call me a pessimist, I don't argue I know I am a cynic
I used to believe in things, Now, well I have no reason to
I am not a critic either, there is not point pointing out issues the world agrees to cover
But I am a poet and a poet on a mission to speak out what I see
© Namatsi Lukoye
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Thursday, March 24, 2011
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a poet is on open eye
ReplyDeleteobserving what goes by
a keen ear
so clear of what it hears
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just an open mind, talking open
about things kept away from the open