...
The Wandering samurai
looked at me with a steaming face.
His own smoke muffled
the voices that clung to his past.
And I begged him to look behind,
as the voices loudly faded into
the background. He said
The only path for peace was
a red sword.
He told a story about a desperate
sword that visited
thousands of blacksmiths,
And for the sake of clarity it must taste a
thousand human screams.
The blade was placed on my throat as his
shaky hands tried to
balance on the thin tightrope.
Until he finally looked behind to meet the
wandering eyes among the ghostly crowd.
A voice told him that all he needed to
do is learn to love,
But he couldn't do that with a
Sharp dirty mirror.
...
Nehemiah Gaines is a 25 year old student who is currently attending a community college for psychology in Portland, Oregon. As a lover of anything related to the mind and human nature, he naturally puts a lot of concepts of inner life in his poems. He aspires to find his calling in life that is able to put him in a position to spread the message of inner healing. Getting his poem submitted for the first time is only a first step in his bigger aspiration of the message of self love.