I Never Knew I Was A Poet

I never knew I was a Poet Until I started to write Until I see that I can never be a puppet Until I realize that I am not afraid to fight For the right ideologies, for the right reasons At all time, at all seasons Until I can no longer sing Because my voice is blocked By the pain and suffering Of my siblings who are white and black I am absolutely against bigotry and injustice I pray the gorgeous Lady of Liberty and Justice Will always stand with the people who are destitute And the poor who have never been at the Institute. I never knew I was a Poet Until tears start flowing in my eyes From time to time. I never claimed to be a prophet However, sometimes I can hear the cries Of a lot of people who are unnecessarily in pain And I can see so many who are suffering in vain I never knew I was a Poet Until I started to love everybody I started to be strong and to gain more energy To denounce what's wrong and what's right And until I've come to realize that I cannot rhyme All the time, I'm out of words and that's not a crime. Copyright © February 2020, Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved. Hébert Logerie is the author of several collections of poems.