The Curse of Being a Poet

To see a beauty and misery
of  the World
The conflict, the fall
and rising of a Man.
  To Feel the urge
set Yourself on the fire
and put the whole struggle
into rhymes.

The joy of life
and sometimes senseless effort
when - the more You try
the less You can gain
the tenderness of love
the biterness of hate
the cry of tormented soul
and its pain.

To be wide awake
while You keep the power
 and the fragile beauty
of your dreams.
When
To dream means 
staying alive.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Horn Avatar
May 1, 2017 at 11:48 AM
Got up in morning and started dressing And by God had received a blessing; A poem to me He just had sent, And is with me wherever I went. Now I know what He does mean, When verse I read was John 3:16 If I am nice and always behaved, From all my sins have been saved. Jim Horn
Dike Avatar
May 1, 2017 at 2:21 PM
standing ovation Jim. It made me laugh :D
Dike Avatar
May 1, 2017 at 2:18 PM
standing ovation Jim. It made me laugh :D
Wanter Avatar
April 17, 2017 at 6:51 PM
I really like your first poem. I believe you will enjoy PS.
Dike Avatar
May 1, 2017 at 2:21 PM
Thank You from internal core for the kind words
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May 1, 2017 at 2:19 PM
Thank You from internal core for the kind words
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