Written for: Poetics Aside #415
Write an I Believe You poem. This could be a poem about someone’s vision for the future or someone’s story of the past. It could be a poem about a real person, a fictional character, or even yourself (written in the first person by someone else–or a “staring in the mirror” poem).
“You say you want a revolution”
and I believe that you do.
Organize, protest, do something
to honor this country. We need
a leader that cares for all
people. We need a leader
without a trigger finger
or an immense ego to be coddled.
We need a leader who understands
science, without constant whining
about it. We need a leader
with thicker skin, able to keep
at least some thoughts in.
“You say you need a revolution”
and I believe that you do.
It may be the only solution.
(my thanks to John Lennon, and The Beatles)
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