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Grab those old notebooks and writing journals! Pull out your oldest unfinished poem, blow the dust off, and get to work finishing it. Happy hunting for our oldest unfinished poetry. Use Poetry and Free verse Portal please!
jl18 in Poetry & Free Verse

These are my words -- read them aloud

My words need not be spoken

I reserve them in my sanctuary of judgement and careful thought

Opinions merely combust unnecessary argument with the unwitting

Force fed by monsters, cramming them where they’re not fitting

Yes, this world is corrupt; always has been, always will be

But it’s the closed minded thinking that always will kill me

To think for one’s self, is it too much to ask?

They’d rather let others and hide behind masks

Create your own words, words of logic, reason, and concise thought

Think of them as gifts, like the wise men brought