I will defy you.
For in my blood
Runs the blood of who was before
Me and you.
And I will defy all,
All who have refused to stand
lacking of courage or conviction.
This I do for the blood - which is hope.
I defy self.
Who am I to meander
In passionate times?
Mine and yours
and yours…
and yours…?
I flout life itself.
Even in its singularity;
For in blood
Flows glorious future!
("Stjepan "Stevo" Filipović (Стјепан "Стево" Филиповић ) was a Croation Partisan who was executed during World War II and posthumously declared a national hero in 1949.")
A contest entry
- Picture prompt - Defiance! by Mairi bheag.
1000 points, ended June 14, 2008, 11 entries
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"Who am I to meander
In passionate times?"
A passionate poem - a "persona" poem which tries to get right inside Filipović. Thank you for entering.
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