The Poet's Dilemma
Of all the thoughts that pass through my head,
Of all the dreams and inspirations,
Only a few are kept and saved--
Countless poems never written.
Words may come as on a breeze, but
Countless thoughts are never chased.
Words may dance beautifully in mind, but
Unwritten words are always erased.
Writing a poem and staying on queue
is not a very easy thing to do.
For when words are put to page,
the mind wanders and poems change.
The main intent is distorted and dropped,
dangerous potential in every new thought.
For how can a poet dismiss
The happenings all around him
And focused, voluntarily miss
The very things that cause him bliss,
When the act of writing bounds him?
A poet's dream is to express
In words what he does behold him,
But every moment not in rest
Is worthy of a poem.
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