written by

Zerayn D.

And I look at the pages,
One day at a time,
sometimes to look great,
often times to rhyme,
or stir up my brain
in a thoughtful climb.

Then a page pokes my heart,
a knock to my spirit,
a whisper so sharp,
I tremble to hear it;
I’m desperate to leave,
yet it asks me to stay,
to face what I fear,
not just run away.

It says, “Don’t evacuate…
For life is not won by fleeing the gate.”
even wars are won by confrontation,
not by a coward’s evacuation.