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THE POETS MIND

Have you ever pondered the intellect behind the words that make you contemplate humanity and the logic behind injustice?

Has it ever been in your nature to feel a sense of inadequacy when faced with concepts so simple yet so profound that they seem to be what keeps the world tilted on its axis?

Does it bother you that there seems to be a culture of anti-logic,

The more we grow as people the more ignorant we seem to get

They say ignorance is bliss and that what we don’t know won’t hurt us

But not knowing seems to be the biggest threat of all

It poses a danger to the survival of a whole race of people

Because of what we don’t know we have no idea how to adequately protect ourselves

It is in the nature of a poet to query life to chase after the knowledge that the simple rising of the sun will present to the open mind

It is to this beautiful mind that the wilting of a flower will represent the frivolity of life

It is within this mind that ideas will be born that will turn the world upside down

Questions are asked that are too difficult to answer

The poets mind will also birth ideas that challenge the philosopher

It is within the wells of their thoughts that ignorance is reckoned mundane

Here average is seen as pitiful and the notion of regularity is inconceivable

These severe thoughts flowing from these stunning minds are fascinating

They take on a life of their own

Erotic in the way they are able to possess and transform the regular

These notions, these ideas will take over your idle mind

Creating the voice of integrity

They are:

Brother Malcolm

Martin Luther King

Fred Hampton

Marcus Garvy

Stokely Carmichael

Martin Delaney

Frantz Fanon

To name but a few

Time has seen the slow regression of us as a society into neanderthals

Casting the poets voice to the back ground

No longer do we care to have our minds open to life giving and socially affirming words

We have exiled the intellectuals to caffes reduced their genius to mere entertainment

And so in the end “My people perish for lack of knowledge”

My people die of an infectious disease rightfully dubbed "I don't give a %#&@$!" .