OUTLAW POET
Don’t ask the outlaw poet questions if there’s answers you don’t want to hear.
The truth is in words that rhyme and the flowing of a tear.
He will show you the demons in the dark that you fear.
He will bring you into the light and show you all that is dear.
The outlaw poet has a rebel inside.
He takes on life without missing a stride.
He says what’s on his mind, he says how he feels.
He says things people can relate to, he talks about what’s real.
The outlaw poet knows all your thoughts, it’s like he’s been in your head.
He knows how you’re feeling, what you’ve done, and the things you’ve said.
He makes you see all the passion that life has to give.
He makes you face the sorrow and still want to live.
The outlaw poet is a renegade with words that rhyme.
He speaks of life’s beginnings and the end of time.
With every word he writes there’s a message he sends.
He talks of roads traveled that take you all the way to the end.
The outlaw poet sees all that you see.
He knows the chains that bind you and how to set you free.
He hears the voices that you think only speak to you.
He knows the way when you don’t know what to do.
The outlaw poet can taste the blood from the battles of life.
He’s seen bad karma that will cut your soul like a knife.
He lives in reality or so it may seem.
His fantasies are his reality and his reality is a dream.
The outlaw poet knows your deep dark secrets.
You don’t have to worry, so have no regrets.
Just keep living your life and try to be brave,
Because what the outlaw poet knows he will take to the grave.
The outlaw poet knows everywhere you’ve been.
He knows about your dark side, he knows about your sin.
He knows these things because they’re just a part of life, you see.
I know all this because . . . the outlaw poet is me.
STANLEY HENDRIX
10/26/2011
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