Another Saturday Night, Alone
Sitting here in my room
Listening to Ella Fitzgerald
(on what would have been her 90th birthday)
Not so bad to be alone
Health worries bother me
but I have a pen and paper(thank God)
Continue to persist
with my literary efforts
I am haunted by
the shadows
of past masters of verse
I have plenty of them on recordings
Do you share these feelings poets and poetesses?
Leaving behind the hard work needed for success
We have chosen the path of the poet's art
No way to get rich from it
Of course your papers
may fetch a lot of loot - after you are gone
Not much of a comforting thought
By applying yourself to your art you will achieve
what you want to
WHAT YOU MUST
Copyright © Matthew Anish | Year Posted 2015
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