Poetic Values

Tossed upon the waves Lost in a sea of doubt Words pressed upon a page Tortured soul reaches out Searching for the answers Within these poetry lines Feelings are so personal Meanings not clearly defined Expressions of passing life Swim beneath each written word Soothing language to console Beautiful music to be heard Lost love fills many lines One can almost touch the pain Grief wrapped around my heart Poetry releases all my shame Happiness has found a space To let the sun shine once more Safe harbour of my inner soul Anchored safely to its shore Held tightly within its grasp To ride life's troubled waves Steered away from craggy rocks Poetry is my sheltered cave For stored within my heart and mind Is all that I do live Poetry is a joyous gift to me That I can so readily give Without it I would be so lost I surely would cease to be For everything that is inside Finds its way into my poetry!