Drop Poetry | “Because We Stopped” | by AhchWath Ty Battle
Because We Stopped
by AhchWath Ty Battle
Starving artists exists because we stopped supporting and feeding them
Dusty books exists because we stopped researching and reading them
Gardens don’t grow because we stopped plowing and weeding them
Living words are dead because we stopped believing and heeding them
Cases are abandoned because we stopped fighting and pleading them
Soils are dry and barren because we stopped planting and seeding them
Breads stopped rising because we stopped flouring and kneading them
Teachers stay students because we stopped needing and breeding them
Efforts are not good because we stopped exerting and deeding them
Leaders are followers because we stopped building and leading them
Because We Stopped