I am not a poet,
don't frame me for the crime
even if my bastard words
sometimes try to rhyme…
I am not a poet,
far from that my friend
even if the story told
runs back to front again
like politician promises
when voting time begins.
I am not a poet,
more gearhead gunner freak
who has a heart of empathy
for what is on the street…
I am not a poet,
oh no, that's not I
just a rebel's heart to arms
when told to pass it by
leave the helpless on their own
to suffer slow and die
chained off to a sinking oar
by those who lives will buy.
I am not a poet,
such rank will ne'er be mine
commissioned by the graduates
of walls held square by vine…
I am not a poet,
there simply isn't time
to try and teach my soul to march
in even metered rhymes
I am just the partisan
who fights behind the lines.
For a non-poet, you write some fair poetry. :) I do free verse better, although some of my verses have fallen into rhyme...
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