Poetry To Me

(9/5/12) What is poetry to me- it is words of beauty-words of life Words of love, pain and sacrifice. Words of showing and growing and needing and feeding Words of hope and despairs, wanting and cares. Poetry takes you into the minds of mankind From days of old to the present time. Poetry takes you on trips that you’ve never been before And opens up every door. Poetry becomes a longing , a want , a desire, a need On which your mind must feed. It becomes a life within itself And takes you to the heavens and down to hell. Poetry becomes a flaming desire And only writing can put out this fire. I call it my passion while others say it’s my obsession Yet ! No matter what they may think or say Poetry is here to stay. So many different types of poetry For the different minds “you see”. You will always find one that will give you meaning From a loving heart to one that’s bleeding. Jump on the bandwagon and take a hold For with poetry “ life unfolds”. © L. RAMS