What Is A Poet's Responsibility Poem by James McLain

What is a poet's responsibility?
A poet's responsibility is to seek out
The truth and speak out against corruption!
America has fifty state's going in Fifty
Different directions.

Must we be told to do what is right and
To help one another our brothers?
Love is an important part of the process
A process as old as the oldest tree that
Still lives in the hearts of men.

Woman instinctively love deeper than men,
And men think their not men unless they are
The sole providers it seems.

An open mind is key,
Like a key a mind is unlocking the door
Asking questions about all that one knows
But doesn't.

Without education, without teachers
To teach,
What can our children learn.
Poet's will question everything in their
Journey to learn.

A poet can write poetry about the simplest
Of thing's,
A banana a peach discerning the truth from
A lie,
Knowing at heart, without
The need for a priest to show them the truth.

However the length of our lives,
Whatever the depth of a poet's intelligence we
We burn with the need to learn.
And with such knowledge at hand we poet's
Can make more better decisions about world
Event's and can therefore leave poor judgement behind.