May I finally
Share insignificant poetry?
Long years suppressed, the quiet satisfaction reading my best-
Hidden magnum opus’,
Unshared, I never dared
Expose a blackened mouth,
To peers and lost lovers, so dear, who would poke at me
For I needed to be prodded tenderly
Wounds were still sore
Poetry being gauze,
The words as burning daylight
Falling from a young tongue
Calling for applause
A strong voice has now grown
Needing no notice to be great
For I create charcoal coated prose
Despite other’s hate