Kurt Philip Behm Poet Rhyme

Only As Sacred

You want to define Poetry,
behind the safety of your bars

Open the door to your cage,
a world awaits, whose feathers tar

Dusty journals and how-to books,
no longer serve you here

The price of your admittance,
an acknowledgement of fear

With words only as strong
as the impression they leave

And feelings only as sacred
—as memory retrieves

(Seattle Washington: March, 2017)

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Aqua Marine August 13, 2019 at 11:18 AM Oh my, - this one got to me. And then I had to type in the code DUM, to get in to comment...: D. Been stuck in a cage of reticence for a while now, so I guess I'll have to take a chance again, and pay the price again. Thanks for posting this one, Kurt. I'll be back. : D. I hope it encourages a few more to carry on writing! (((HUGS))) Kurt Philip Behm August 13, 2019 at 7:45 PM Very kind. Thanks AM. Kurt