Saturday, June 15, 2019

poetry

if i didn't have poetry
in my life

i would know who i was

for to write down
what i feel
is to define 
who i am
as i find out
who'll i'll become

in the scribbles
of the day
there comes meaning 
to the madness
and with row upon row
the weight lessens

until i can see again

taking pen
to patient paper
may seem like fool's folly

but it gets me through the darkness
of a life

until the light
favours me again

(write)



1 comment:

  1. shadows of a shade; the ending, and the poems "shade" and "repel", have reminded me of Lightfoot's "Shadows" :

    https://genius.com/Gordon-lightfoot-shadows-lyrics

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