Found Favour

My classmates were all ahead of me Adult i was, their ears is sharper than my I lost old words to adapt the next in try Then I found favour in poetry Poetry favour is far ahead of me Adult I was, its rhyme is sharper than my I lost older poem to adapt the next Then I found favour in famous poets Poets were far ahead of me Adult I was, they own the poems I lost their older poems for the new Then I found out, the poets were all dead I read their poems at times at loud At times silently to quench my loneliness.