words

it's not really passion.
there is little yearning.

a test. if you will.
to reassure myself.

that i am who i strive to be.

poetry.
craft, art and trial.

i write to push myself.
to show myself.

that i can.
to flex the mastery i ought to grasp.

it doesn't matter if there is no symbolism.
no pathetic fallacy. no wondrous literary constructs.

poetry isn't about that.
it's about shaping the words
so they call to the blood.

they invoke it. conjure it. caress it.

they make you feel.

i make you feel.