Love Made Me Do It – A Poem Read by Rachana

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As you slip and fall, my thoughts ride along with you
atop the death train – La Bestia.

A smiling young man you were, one heartbeat ago,
the next – a limp body in the overgrown, untrodden grass.

Heatstroke at 16 has sent you home
far sooner than you wished for.

But is any man ever so poor or rich,
that he can’t afford to be loved?

No reason but love that wakes me up every morning,
the thrill of a spoken word, a breath or a smile in reach.

Just as you rise and wish to prosper
in the American dream.

Read the full poem here.

— https://futurestrong.org/2023/05/05/love-made-me-do-it/

and if you would like to read more of my poetry, please visit:

— https://futurestrong.org/rachana

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Human life without some form of poetry is not human life but animal existence. ~ Randall Jarrell