L.L. COLLINS

L.L. COLLINS Poems

The Best Poem Of L.L. COLLINS

A World Insane (Until Things Have Changed)

Don’t teach me the rules,
Teach me the exceptions.
Where the lines blur and curve
Around selfish perceptions.
Allowing us to send innocent lives
After innocent life.
Young and impressionable minds.
But these murders are not crimes?
Mama’s only son
Is safe from the war gun,
But a second burst of love
Better know how to run.

Don’t tell me the truth,
Tell me how come the lies?
What purpose lures behind your eyes?
What’s really crossing your closed mind?
Before examining my soul for sin,
Shed your layers of pretend.
Stick figure thin, squeezes in with the trends,
What price did you have to pay to “fit in”?
Tell me what you will say
When I turn and walk away.
Speak your corruption,
Right here in my face.

Don’t love me for life,
Love me for less.
Even when I am so far
From being the best.
Instead of expecting me
to always win
be there for me
when I try again
Skip the thick and thin
Give me the bitter end
Don’t hold me with arms
that are un-genuine.


Don’t save my life,
But please save my soul.
If I come to you dying
Hold me close, but let me go.
Expose my bloody scars
and let my pain drain.
Bequeath me the evidence
Of a world insane.
Let the sadden faces wear
Heavy hearts of shame
Tell the angels not to sing
until things have changed.

L.L. COLLINS Comments