The Creative Tightrope

We walk a tightrope

Between creation and destruction

With each stroke of the pen

Or click of the keyboard

We can change the world

For better or worse

Is it up to us how our words are taken?

Must we forever self-censor

To prevent Armageddon?

They say the pen is mightier than the sword

But does that make it our responsibility

Must we be careful what we say

Or is it their responsibility

To take our words with a pinch of salt

To interpret our words the best they can

Should we be the acrobats

Or should the readers?

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Author’s Note: This poem came out of a conversation that I had with Rick Henry Christopher on my story, “A Dystopia of Our Own Design”. You can find the link to the article and to the great Rick Henry Christopher’s profile below.