henrythevamp

Poet

(Copyright 2024 by Michael Walker)

I was a poet

I am not a poet

Anymore

Your ways

Are strange

To me

Your lack of

Empathy

Is

Strange

To me.

I was a poet

I am not a poet

Anymore

Your highways

Go nowhere

Your bridges

Are collapsing…

I was a poet

I am not a poet

Anymore

You speak

All trivialities

You speak about

Borders

When the earth itself

Is dying.

I was a poet

I am not a poet

Anymore

Might as well be

A cooper

Or a blacksmith

The village fool

In these troubled times

I am a poet

And this

Is

A poem.