X-Press Poem by Sotirios Skoufis

Express yourself
do not compress yourself
not squeeze yourself
to fit inside

in this society
with it's sobriety
express yourself
tell others they're beautiful

do not worry
I do that all the time
from the car
on the street

in a bar
in a bus
in the train
in the rain

on the plane
it makes people happy
people know what I think
Express yourself

Undress yourself
mentally
Speak out loud
say what you think

you think you can shout?
Let's try it out, together
say I'm a weak motherfucker
I try to let it all out

but I hold it in
until the next hours begin
the next weeks
the next months

the next years
the next decades
Then?
I'll try to evade

X-press myself when I'm old
but it'll be too late
why did I wait?
U'll say to urself

X-press yourself
NOW
U'r the next on the row

C'mon lets give it a blow