Declaration of War

by Tessa

I am a violent poet.
I make mincemeat of words.
I raise my voice and shred the air.
I use my words like swords.

I am a violent poet.
I wreak havok with my thoughts.
I modulate tones to shake your bones.
A gentle wordsmith, I am not.

I am a violent poet.
A danger to your community.
My words force you to think and be woke.
My words speak of the dead.

I am a violent poet.
I am an influencer of thoughts.
I'll reach into your mind and deform your will.
Your mind is a playing for my boredom.

I am a violent poet.
I slam my words into your ears.
Things like "equality" and "justice" and "peace" and "power".
That's how I occupy my thoughts.

I am a violent poet.
Perhaps you disagree.
But I beat up an entire police department the other day.
And I made the doctor run away.

I am a violent poet.
I want you to be one as well.
Use your words like swords, and your pen as well.
This world needs more of my sort.

Footnote

Crossposted from:

• 2019-09-02 toot.cat
• 2018-06-12 DeviantArt