IAM NOT A DEAD POET

May 6, 2019

HEY MAN IN THE MIRROR

DID YOU HEAR ME?

DID YOU HEAR THE WHISPERS WHEN YOU STEPPED ON STAGE

WHEN THEY CALLED YOU ALL SORTS OF NAMES

SOME SAID YOU'RE WEAK

OTHERS SAID YOU'RE TURKEY

I SAW HOW YOUR SPIRIT, FAINTHEARTED AS I DROWNED IN MY OWN PAIN

WHAT DID I GAIN?

HEY MAN IN THE MIRROR

DID YOU HEAR THEM?

AS THEY WEAKENED YOUR CAPABILITIES TURNED DOWN YOUR ABILITIES

YET ALL YOU WANTED WAS TO TELL A STORY ONE THAT WILL CHANGE PEOPLES LIVES AND PERSPECTIVES

IT WAS FROM THE HEART, BUT WE FAILED………..

BUT I REALIZED WHEN PEOPLE THROW STONES AT YOU PICK EM UP AND BUILD A STRONGER FOUNDATION.

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