Muse Or What ?
MUSE OR WHAT ?
Poetry it seems to me
Has to be a sacred part my life
A true, real thing, a holy thing to see
An incident, a sight, a man or wife.
Someone reading my poetic shrines
Will be able to know me well,
Able to read between the lines
And know more than I can tell.
When I write, the poem often takes
Command and steers the ideas.
The verse releases the brakes,
Points the way to panaceas,
Purification, purging like a woman’s tears.
It’s what what they call catharsis:
Emotional cleansing, release of fears:
Like Damascus Road and Paul of Tarsus.
Copyright © Sidney Beck | Year Posted 2010
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