I Need You To Know

I Need You To Know

A Poem by The Poet of Black Wings

Silent
Lonely
Torture.

Have you ever experienced such?
Being bound and gagged,
Trapped in a
Tiny
Cell.
Imprisoned all
Alone.

I
Need you to
Imagine that.
Now, imagine that that
Prison
Is your own flesh.
The wardens,
Family,
Society,
And anyone you ever
Trusted.
Now,
Know it.
You won't be able to,
But try.

Think about how it would feel to
Escape.
Be
Free.
Fly away.
Then imagine being persecuted for it.
Hated, for it.
Anyone you've ever known.
Everyone you have ever loved,
Now
Despises you.
Just for being free.
And for being
Who.
You.
Are.

I
Need
You
To
Know,
What that feels like.
You won't, you can't,
But yoy have to try.

A young
Woman
Frees herself
From the prison of
Her own
Body.
The body of a
Man
Her family thought they knew.
But they didn't.
"He"
Never was,
And never will be.
And all
Hate her for it.

I need
You.
To.
Know.

© 2016 The Poet of Black Wings


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Listen to Lou Reed's "Transformer". The whole thing.... not just "Walk on the Wild Side".

I think you'll enjoy that more than any stupid f*****g thing I have to say about your collection of words here, and s**t, etc..



Posted 8 Years Ago


The Poet of Black Wings

8 Years Ago

My issue is they tend to condense things instead of stretch it out.
Davidgeo

8 Years Ago

Individual characters are condescend, theme is expanded and diluted and polluted with product placem.. read more
Davidgeo

8 Years Ago

"condensed" ... etc. whatever errors...
spell check abandons me...(i'm really just kind of.. read more

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