a poet says the things others cannot. [a poetry collection]

it's rude, isn't it?

it's rude, isn't it?
to be scared of something so small?
to be scared of something so big?
when they can't control it at all?

it's rude, isn't it?
to be scared of something so docile?
to be scared of something so controlling?
when they don't mean to be?

to be scared of a name, a place, a person, a look,
all because of a rude person who's done something rude to yourself?
all because the world is rude?
when no one has done anything at all?

i'm rude, aren't i?
well,
you are, too.
they are, too.

this world is rude.

08.10.21