Why I SaYes

I SaYes because saying otherwise would prove futile

Because my imagination is too vivid,

my thoughts too brutal

to pretend my verbal works of art are just
a few doodles

I SaYes knowing full well this could all be for naught

Like, what do I have that these other poets don't got?

Or, what can I say that they haven't already taught?

But I still go out there every night and give it a shot

I SaYes because I can't say no

The rhythmic lyricism of the flow

Prevents me every night from being another no-show

I SaYes to chronicle the lives of the living

and the lies of the walking dead

To move the dialogue beyond he-said, she-said

To prove you can have something to say,

even if performing on stage you dread

To let it all just flow out of my head

I SaYes.