And So I Wrote a Poem

One day when I was walking inside a wood alone, admiring the autumn trees, I found a big flat stone. It beckoned me to sit awhile - and so I wrote a poem. Another time while driving, in a mighty storm I feared, rain pounded down, but later on a rainbow then appeared. With gratitude, I hurried home, and so I wrote a poem. A boy I once thought loved me to whom I bared my soul rejected me most cruelly. When heartache took its toll, I needed to release my grief, and so I wrote a poem. Another boy that loved me true brought happiness to me. And others – friends and kin of mine: each made a memory I wanted to preserve in ink, and so I wrote a poem. Some social issues boil my blood and things I find absurd can put me in saracastic mode and craving to be heard. I wanted to convey my thoughts, and so I wrote a poem. Oct. 11, 2020 for the "And So I Wrote A Poem" Contest of John Lawless