Don’t Let Them Take Me
Don’t let them take me in the night.
Don’t let them take me screaming.
Don’t let them take me running,
crying
trying to reason,
doing my best to say “no†but they don’t understand.
Don’t let them take me when the sun comes out
at high noon,
at the close of dawn,
when the seasons change,
or the herd moves.
Don’t let them take me to wooden schools,
or beat me for not being them,
or condeming me for not understanding when they tell me to kneel.
Don’t let them take me to dark rooms,
where nobody sees,
not even God.
Don’t let them take me away from my brothers and sisters.
Daddy,
Mommy,
don’t let them take me in the night.
~ Daniel N. Poitras
Daniel N. Poitras has been involved in the Honour Songs project, been a finalist in the 2007’s CBC Poetry Face Off, won the Grant MacEwan College’s Edmonton Voices, where he was paired with the very helpful and talented Diane Buchanan. Some of his greatest moments was performing for American Slam Poet Jack McCarthy at the 2007 Roar and a reading with Marilyn Dumont at the U of A resistance writing. Daniel is an active member of Poet’s Ink and has been known to frequent The Raving Poets. Daniel still resides in Edmonton struggling to be a full time writer.
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