Michael E. Harris Poet Free verse

Constitution of Poetry

TRA FO KROW LUFITUAEB A ENIGAMI

IMAGINE A BEAUTIFUL WORK OF ART.
WHY ON EARTH WOULD ONE TEAR IT APART.

I LIKE TO SPEND SOME TIME AND VIEW.
TO ME, I THINK IT SHOULD INSPIRE YOU.

POETRY REQUIRES, SOME IMAGINATION.
THIS IS JUST A DEMONSTRATION.

TO SOME, THIS APPEARS, TO BE A STORM
OTHERS, IT'S JUST NOT THE NORM.

A FEW WILL CONSIDER, ME SO COLD.
AND VIEW THIS CREATION AS VERY BOLD.

I DON'T WANT TO GROW UP, TO BE OLD
AND I REFUSE, TO DO WHAT I'M TOLD.

IT IS POSSIBLE, TO TURN THIS AROUND 
IT'LL BE TWISTED AND UPSIDE DOWN.

EASY NOW, DON'T  FALL TO THE GROUND.
IT'S EASY NOT, TO BE SEEN OR FOUND.

I'M FLYING HIGH AND SPINNING  FREE.
SOMETIMES, I JUST CAN'T SEE,
HOW, THE WORLD IS VIEWING ME.
I WILL SAY,  JUST BEING FREE.

THAT SHOULDN'T, CHANGE THE LOOK,
OF A TWISTED TURNED INVERTED BOOK.

I TOLD YOU THIS, ONCE BEFORE.
YOU PASSED OUT AND HIT THE FLOOR.

POETRY IS A WORK OF ART,
ENJOY, DON'T ALTER OR TEAR IT APART.

LET IT STAND THE TEST OF TIME.
IN THE FUTURE A CLOCK WILL CHIME.

FOR OTHERS THE LIGHT WILL SHINE.
ONCE THEY OPEN UP THEIR MIND.

SOME WILL FROWN AND DISAGREE.
I WILL SIMPLY SMILE AND SAY I AM FREE.

FOR SOME, IT'S SIMPLY OVER THEIR HEADS.
OTHERS, I SAY ARE JUST BRAIN DEAD.

TRY NOT, TO SPOIL MY DREAM.
I'LL ASSUME, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN

IMAGINATION IS ESSENTIAL 
TO UNLEASH YOUR FULL POTENTIAL

aka Twisted and Turned

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FJ Thomas January 2, 2020 at 11:58 AM Imagination, in my opinion, is critical to poetry; to every art. Though in the end even what can be called art is relative. Well done Michael!