21st Century Prophets

We Poets are
21st Century Prophets
filling up notebooks
and screaming on stages

We connect in a fashion
as we wear words

We dance on pages
stripping naked
to get you to listen
like what we
have to say
can be heard
better by eyes
but only 4%
of the public
suffers with
Sinestesia

And still we slash
our wrists with ballpoint pens
to get our souls heard

Hanging our pain like paintings
in an art exhibit entitled
"Emotional Poets"

Wanting
Waiting
Wishing
for an
Art Critic
to tare
us apart

Letter by letter
word for word

Because...

Because we are so
tightly put together

That we love
to be torn apart

We turn
the pain
into art
and scars
into deeply
embedded
ink wells

Don't you see?

We 21st Century Prophets
hold the keys to our
broken heart cages
by wielding pens in ways
that spark thought

Cant you see?

Our wrists are still tender
yet we slash them open
again and again because...

Because writers block
is a far far worse
form of torture

And never
being read
is a fate
worse than death

By Samantha Campbell

Author's Note

you can find the word poets in prophets thus inspiring the whole poem

This feels like one of those never done poems ... permanently under construction lol

Reviews

[Lydia Shutter]

"And still we slash
our wrists with ballpoint pens
to get our souls heard"

This says it all! We are poets and you have captured our essence with your wonderful words. Yes, we NEED to express ourselves and we want to be read...to touch other lives and to reach out across the world. So emotive and very powerful. Great work. Lydi**

[Kennabee]

I love this because it's so true!

[Sirius King]

Powerful!

this has to be one of my favorite poems on this site, love it!

100/100

[Samantha ~virginpoet]

much thanks

[Sirius King]

u r very welcome

[Jetta Zippora]

Finished or not...this is an outstanding, loudly emotional write. Nice one, friend.

[Brittany]

I really enjoyed this. Great formatting - it really added to the message. Inspiring to other writers to write on. Good passion.

[Art Sun]

what a very expressive piece...totally free within the concept and places one within the reflection of thought...a nice touch at the end...

[Heather Maria]

I really liked this poem! I'm not one to write poetry, but I always enjoy reading a good poem.

[3rd Chance]

A powerfully-written piece of work that really brings out the inner frustration and cry of identity of a modern poet... A small typo in "tare" - I believe you meant "tear". Still, very, very well written.

[Jai Garg]

Putting what one has in mind is an art like the pencil strokes or the touch of colour from a brush and of course words we use to bring objects and emotions to life.

"21st Century Prophets" does touch the raw points one expects from a critic; but who has the time? LOL

[Shimmerbliss/CAF]

I have to admit I had to look up "Sinestesia" and pull out my rusty spanish to discover the meaning. What an awesome choice of words and to relate that to a poet is fantastic! (that is unless I completely misunderstood - but if so I love my misunderstanding!)
This entire piece is clear, clever, powerful, painful, and easily relatable to the many of us who feel your pain. So glad I came across this.