I Am Blood Poem by Samah Khan

I am blood,
Clear as a summer pool, shimmering with untamed beauty,
Caged within a boundary and unwilling to stay;
I am blood,
No human keeps me; rather, I keep humans,
And if it were not for me, no human could suffice.

I am blood,
I flow suddenly within capilaries
And alter between dirty and clean.
I keep my brethren alive, all of whom do not care much for me,
But yet, say nothing.
For it is when they complain that they meet their demise.

I am blood,
I am beautiful when unhampered,
Putrid when let,
Fascinating when scruitnized.
My only regret is exploitation
At the hands of the little life-vein that runs
In everyone’s wrist to be slit.

I am blood,
I sustain
And I kill.