Poetry To Me

I'm inspired to be admired. To be known as a poet, As you should know it, like Edgar Allan Poe, or Robert Frost. Poetry to me Comes so naturally, As if to be. The right thing for me. I've had a desire. To become a poet Since I was seven years old. Reading Helen Steiner Rice, and William Shakespeare. It's been a dream for a long time. Something I have always wanted. Is to become a poet. To see my words in print To finally become a poet As you know it, That would be poetry to me. Words flow through me At any given time. It's not something I make happen, It just comes to me, like the air we breathe. Words come and go, if I don't write them down Then they become unknown. Poetry to me is a gift, A gift from the heavens above Placed by the hand of God Into people like me and you. Poetry to me Is something that helps to see the release I need. It gives me the opportunity To create art with words. To touch the heart of others, That helps one another. David W Carter