social commentary
There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
The Music Box
This is a story about someone who is always there. She’s rarely late, rarely absent. We all know this girl; we all love this girl. There are others like her, but the others we don’t know. So we love this one. She’ll always allow us to rest our aches on her shoulders for a few hours, use her synapses to solve our conundrums. She’s always open to entertain our musings and let our woes spill out onto her kitchen floor. We always leave the mess upon her insistence, and without our knowing she’ll tend to the floor and catch each flying piece of our broken mirrors. She’ll never tell us that she places them in little tea tins and sets them all next to each other. And we each assume we’re unique in our confidings.
By Sarah Wingfield8 years ago in Poets
Here I Stand
Here I stand. A shadow of my original body. I decided to listen when I was called fat. And now I am all skin and bones. I am dying. I refuse to gain weight and I refuse to listen to people. Cause here I stand to show what this world does to a normal, healthy person. And I stand here no longer healthy. All my bones showing. I’m always cold and I know my organs are shutting down. This is me and I will change. Cause fat is healthy. Skinny doesn’t show how healthy you are. You need the fat to protect you. And I will show it no matter what people call me. Cause here I stand.
By Lillibeth Rayanne8 years ago in Poets
