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**

[SarahV]

Wow this left me speechless. I love the emotion and I'm sure any writer reading this can relate to your words. Once I started reading I couldn't take my eyes off the screen. I especially love these two stanza's
"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""

Needles to say keep up the good work and I'm sure your art work will be exhibited! :)

[Samantha ~virginpoet]

much thanks

[Karl Woof Junior]

im not sure if this is more true or sincere but the last line had me giggling.... prophet request sent.... love

[Brandon S. Whitten]

brilliant play on words. Excellent read and write

[WideEyedAbyss]

damn... i think this is the best thing i have read on this site. simply amazing

[Samantha ~virginpoet]

Thank you

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Clever use of prophets. Well written in free flowing metaphors with legions of emotion and rational construction. Thought provoking.

[Hold-B-Run-Faster]

The point would be that poetry is never really a completed art, or maybe that is wishful thinking? As fulfilling as it is at times to feel that something is done, is not better to have something that continues to evolve? I guess it could go either way.

Anyway, I hope there is solace knowing that one is read, and read with satisfaction.

[Girl Friday (Sarah W.)]

Truth in words...rising up with the pen and notebook and fighting against a nation of sensory dulled individuals. I liked this one; it's strong, but true. We write because we need to do it, but also because we need to effect the world around us to feel whole. Nicely written.

[Kenilo Kent]

Such thoughts are really what true classics are composed of... Well written and belive me when i say this poetry is the most thought provoking and the finest work of art i came across in this block soo far. What more can I say I am already a fan of yours.

[Samantha ~virginpoet]

just wow thank you so much

[Kenilo Kent]

you are welcome.

[Robbie~xoxo~]

This is amazing!...you have written the very core of the writer's thoughts. Great work!