Failure to Extinguish: A Poem by Josh Hatcher for #CreativeThursday
Welcome to #CreativeThursday! Manlihood is about personal development for men.
Every Thursday, we feature and highlight one part of masculinity that is often pushed to the side – creativity!
This week, Josh Hatcher of Manlihood and Out of Your Shell Poetry will read “Failure to Extinguish” – a poem from his book “When Sea Billows Roll” Available now on Amazon.
Failure To Extinguish by Josh Hatcher
From When Sea Billows Roll
I don’t think you understand
When you tell me to be silent.
When you tell me to hush.
When you tell me my words are offensive.
I don’t think you understand
Why I have to say it.
Why I refuse to hold my tongue.
Why these words flow.
I don’t think you understand
There is a fire in my bones.
There is truth that must be spoken.
And I’m physically incapable of holding it back.
I don’t think you understand
That love is not offensive.
That truth sometimes hurts.
That Love and Truth are the same person.
I don’t think you understand
That fire can be refining and not only destructive.
That though I am burned, I am not consumed.
That this fire can’t be extinguished.
