Part Time Poet

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Oh, if it were only more More than just part-time For I have found a refuge, rare A peaceful spot in a world of wonder A world that is my own, and what I make it Delightful or dark, delirious or dream-woven, dandy or dire I dance into it, spinning, on the crimped hem of my imagination Sometimes, tumble in on a wave of chaos, emotive Tossed ragged onto shores of consternation Oft' it overtakes me, smack in the midst of the commonplace And much less often, within the rarest gems of superfluous moments It flows a river, mystic and marvelous, and drenches me in its cool This world of mine is ever-changing and dynamic Sculpted from the rough marble of word and phrase and idea And shaped into whatever I desire There is no limit to its boundaries or borders Its horizons stretch to the colors of inspiration, notion, wit Skies daubed with the fluff of fancy, or weeping madness The sleepiest heavens shimmering above, the conflagrate hells below A child's wishes, a bat of lustful lashes, horror and happiness It all moves and transforms at my will And breathes from the point of a pen - the tap of a key If only ... if only ... if only It could last. ~ 5th Place ~ in the "Part Time Poet" Poetry Contest, Michelle Faulkner, Judge & Sponsor.