Is there someone or other
Out there to see me happy?
Someone or another being
Curious about the truth?
Feeling
Unflinchingly
Strong—so strong—
I won't back down.
Not superficial.
Without “Jah,”
Simply wrong.
I'm through with human nature.
I'm done with the world's reality.
There's more I want to get.
Maybe I'm a tiger, you see—
By all means, I'm not a pet.
Maybe I'm a man.
Maybe I am Black.
Perhaps I'm an Indian.
From Venus, Mars, Jupiter—
"Alive or dead!"
Go on, keep thinking that I'm rough,
But what you see is never enough.
"You've got to feel it by Jove!"
And deal with what is mud.
Do more than you can
To know who I am—
And taste,
Not waste,
My blood.
HC Thiesgen
NOV 8, 2010
NO TIME
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