Ode to Poets and Warriors
I feel like Ernest Hemingway
A mass of creativity and social justice warrior with no reside
I feel a need to create a better tomorrow
But from my fears, I have no place to hide.
I feel like George Orwell
Looking far into the future, but fighting for the present
Joining battle we fight the modern Francos and Cromwells
But set up for failure I shall personally resent
I feel like William Wordsworth
A romantic of the world, sparking a new era
At times I am haughty; at times I do not know my worth
I hold myself back, but do not know what I am scared of.
I feel like Vincent Van Gogh
I paint pictures in my mind and relay it on a canvas
Romantic and bold, but occasionally faux
I believe in the world, but sometimes I can’t get past it.
I feel like Assata Shakur
Struggling for a cause, doing what is right
I am on a path doing what is good for the world
And I will win, especially with the will to fight
I feel like Huey Newton and Fred Hampton
And Malcolm X and Martin Luther King.
I will gladly be gunned down by a government marxman
In the name of equality and liberty; but they cannot kill my legacy.
I feel like a soul with doubt,
But a soul willing to do everything for his cause.
And I know that no matter how my life turns out
To the world, I shall be a gauze.