Written from the Heart...Tonight

Written from the Heart...Tonight.

I am not...
A racist.
A bigot.
A hater.
A coward.

Nor am I...
Harsh
Cruel
Inhuman
Merciless.

I am not...
An angel
A goddess
A saint
A seer or a
Prophet.

But
With all my heart
mind and
Soul
With every beautiful beat
Of blood that
pumps and throbs
With every throe of
Passion's puzzles
And agony's anguish,
At every turn of the fork
And crossroads
At the logic gates
Of the valleys of
The shadow of death
Where floods of mercy
willy nilly burst forth
from dams of
Self control and caution,

I am
Damned
Accursed
Blessed
To be
A thinker.

(c) Amrita Valan 2015