Innocent (I Have Nothing To Do With You) Poem by Kanye Waldon

'Silence is a language for people who can afford not to explain themselves'
- Willa Quinn, from the show "High Potential"

Can I afford to be quiet?
To stand there and say nothing?
Besides, what I got to contribute to the conversation?
What do I have to offer?

All I am is myself
There's layers to that
Waves of trauma tiered on top of each other
All blanketed behind a silly Brown face

I do not touch or take
Even though I've been touched pickpocketed and stolen from
I do not
Because crime is an exercise
And I am just too lazy

Whatever prank the Devil is pulling
I ain't here for it
I got razor teeth and a slaughterhouse of a mouth
I can make war with just one word

But instead, I stand still
Quiet
Because what good would that do?
What good at all?
When the apartment's already burning?