An Ode to My Peers, The Urban Poets

It’s been a rollercoaster ride

since I decided to share

my poems in the cybersphere.

And through that medium

I’ve discovered peers

who love this medium

for their emotions paired

with kindred spirits –

masters of prose and lyrics –

speaking to each other’s souls.

Do you hear it?

Encouraging each other’s roles

as voices for the world’s humanity.

As voices for those embroiled in the insanity

of day-to-day survival,

but unable to find the words

to describe in their own voices

all the things they’ve seen,

and heard,

and felt

as my peers do

with eloquence and humility:

Giving birth to dialogue

from the seeds of soliloquies

initially meant to vent

our own frustrations and triumphs.

Yet through the universal nature

of the human situation

our voices break the silence

of the muted.

We find ourselves spokesmen

of the gamut of human emotions

through compositions

others might read and/or listen

to and find new hope in.

My Brothas and Sistas,

y’all got me open!

I thank you for what you do,

and I pray one day

the world will too.

-HymnAgen