For the Love of Poetry

We are a family of poets that are devoted to changing minds through the tool of writing and the power of spoken word. Our goal is to educate the world with our thoughts and to help people to heal through free expression. We as a family hope to touch minds and guide hearts with our words, and we hope that you are good listeners because we are! Please use our lending ear

-For the Love of Poetry Team

Truth!

As the youth open their eyes to the lies told by history teachers, my truth comes in and shakes the earth with a mighty thump, like the sound of a lie breaking. The greater the lie, the greater the thump roars, until eventually you can’t hear straight anymore. While the voices of truth grow stronger and the sound of the lies grows weaker, then and only then… you will have to make a choice. Stand firmly on that mountain of lies, or have your world spun around by the truth like a matrix scene, only this is not a movie. Only the strong will break the cycle, only the curious will know the truth. The brown skin faces that bring tears to my eyes are of the poor that are caught up in the never ending product of the men who yearn for power. The men that will lead the innocent into the arms of hunger, sickness, and mental imprisonment to fulfill their destiny. The men who disregard the human rights once thought to be self evident in the midst western enlightenment, “that all men were created equal”. I’ve stood there in the dark, questing for a way to open the doors of truth, so to let some light in my home. With no help from my government, and no sanction for my cause, I had to find my own way to what is right. I have also realized that I cannot do it alone! Can you help me find the door, or maybe even turn the knob that will set us both free? Make a choice…. make it soon…… before there is no light to open your eyes to.

The Black Plague

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