I AM POET

I am poet…I say things in ways you couldn’t imagine, I put words on paper in patterns most people couldn’t fathom, I touch masses…through individualized literary interactions, one mind at a time, I am poet…

I write poems for people who don’t even know I exist, I resist the temptation to be normal, so I speak to people who will probably never hear me, but I hope they know I exist, I persist through difficult times, hoping my words might find the person who needs them, I am poet.

I cut my chest open and bleed my passion, unfolding my flaws in front of audiences of strangers so you might walk away and stop masking, walk away unafraid to be who you are, let people see who you are, My poetry is about me cutting myself so you don’t have to wear those scars, I am poet.

I sit in loud silence listening to thunderous whispers…society inspires me to push a pen against paper until my fingers have blisters because somewhere, some child needs an older brother or sister, and my words might raise a future generation because I am poet.

I speak my words as often as possible, because my words might help someone else pass through obstacles, I speak for others to overcome, I write for many not for some, but I write with the hope that when all is said and done I might have touched just one, I am poet.

My red badge of courage is the blood ink stained pages of my testimony, my written statements are the medals of honor of the wars you once fought, I don’t write for the money because my words cannot be bought, I am poet.

I speak in paradigms, giving you both the blessing and the curse, I am opposite, like a shallow heart having worth, I give birth…I am poet

Everything I write will not be a masterpiece, yet it will be a masterfully mastered piece when I speak, I speak what I write so I might reach, I reach with all my might so I might teach, I am poet.

I am poet, and if no one else knows it, I will still continue to show it…plants seeds of intelligence and grow it, give honor to god for my talent and bestow it, I am poet.