Drum Magazine Issue 2

Photography by Marysa Dowling © Drum Poetry 6 9 X THE MEN poetry by Diké We be like those fears that you all have but leave unspoken. But we be real just like those tears that only cry when hearts are broken. We be like the sun, we will shine until you see us. We be wise 2 all those liars who criticise, but wanna be us. We be like those rules that you dictate b4 you break them. We be those great ideas that you ignore, then imitate them. We be like those clues that solve the case that you keep missing. We be like those tunes you say you hate...but can’t stop whistling. We be like that sex that gives you unrestricted pleasure. We be the X that marks the spot, that finds the buried treasure. Yes we be the X-men, but no matter where we try 2 live, You keep us on the run, just like that man...’The Fugitive’. But we be like those seeds that grow no matter what the season. We be real just like those Gods that you all know, but won’t believe in. We burn like those fires that only justice can extinguish. We come dressed in an attire that only true hearts can distinguish. We be like that food you swear you hate but never tasted. We be that phobia that rules your life until you face it. We be like those visions that you swear are just illusion. So you keep us in those prisons without walls, that’s no solution. Yes we be the X-men, despised and under-rated. But after we die the next men will be twice as concentrated. Yes we be the X-men, should you require further proof... Look 4 us in the X-files we be out there...like the truth.

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