No More, No Escape Poem by Ezio Olubelleau

It is warm inside,
There's no need to be outside
In dusks, sands and vain,
All you get is blame and cane.

"Speak to me, and speak like a man"
"But do not curse the sunlit world outside"

It is sunny outside,
What use is an expensive abode
Covered in sweats, regrets and threats,
All you get is tears with no vets.

"Know your place, and know it for real."
"But do not curse the world within"

It hurts within,
And patience grows thin
From deceit, beet, and heat,
Like a platter of meat that ain't sweet.

"So no more, you said, and no more, shame on you."
"But do not curse your heart."

The heart forgets
Quicker than you sweat
Yet echos something deep and untamed,
And all you earn is loss unclaimed.

"This! — and no more,
But do not curse the scars you bear."