dreams - a book of poems

i am

my name

is familiar

it may ring a bell,

because i travel fast,

and you know it well

i start from a whisper,

maybe one or two

it only takes one person,

sometimes a few.

i can ruin your life

just from what i say

and i can guarantee this;

i'll destroy your day.

i'll bend you and break you

as much as i can

i'm the strongest weapon

known to any man.

do you know my name?

go on, take a guess

i can tell you this -

i'll make you a mess

you'll beg and you'll cry

because you're tired

of my schemes

yet i'll make everything

seem as if it was a dream.

my name is rumor,

which you may have known,

just remember this -

i'm always on the throne.

~9/8/2023