POETIC LICENSE:I AM TIRED OF POETRY

My pen refuses to stop
I get so twisted and I am laid bare
of all the themes I wear
of all the ideas I share
My poetic wit disobeys my orders
Poetry stop please, you are killing me

I am in a state of poignancy
I pity myself
I loathe my gift
Poetry is evil
But Plato disagrees
He claims 'the poet's job is to bear witness'
And I witness that 'witnessing' is tough
I am tired of poetry
I am tired of poetry
It is to me belligerent
It sneers on my energy
Who will save me from myself
I am baffled by its effect on me
All I want is more poetry
Reading one leads to the next

I am disturbed by the comfort others find
I write and someone calls me 'sweet'
I am told I inspire
I am told I am 'set to be' Shakespeare'
Words; words fill my mind
My pen is always on its duty
Traverssing the lonely pages of my books
I am blind and cant see my soul is dying
I milk it daily/ I beg for complete surrender

The BIBLE or QURAN all poetic
All God's prophets were poets
Please, please, I am no prophet
I receive no divine light
Poetry please release my mind
Experiences please block any inspiration
I am tired of poetry
Its disease i get no cure
Poerty let me percieve
Your words let me not receive
For I always believe
Without you I cant live

I see and hear writers perform
some good, others do great injustice 
to your name poetry- they cant form
I am called mystical, satirical, romantic...
I am none of this,
I deserve not even the name "poet"
I am ashamed at my writing
I am ashamed of you poetry

I encipher diatribes into your mailbox
Hoping that you'll desert me
Because I promise if you remain
I'll strip you naked
I'll expose all your forms
And you will suffer from my pen's wrath
I'll decapitate you completly
Poetry is fire, a fire that burns me
In light or night it opens my sight
I am tired that I cant even sleep
I seek no apologies or reconcilliation
For poetry to me is 'me'

Eddy Ongili
PenAftermath©

Edmund Ongili describes himself as:I AM a poet, married to words. i love the feeling poetry evokes in me. poetry is fire and poetry is me

i seek to learn and grow till i reach perfection. i am humbled and a lover of critics, they help me grow. 

 

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