What's Up With Poetry

Poetry is about faith, a song, and sometimes a checkup. It’s about that girl on the other side you want to link up. Poetry is about the beauty of life when you want to grow up. It’s about lost love and now all you want to do is throw up. Poetry is about the frustration that makes you want to blow up. It’s about all those things you just said and you want to backup. Poetry is about a good night of sleep but you struggle to get up. It’s about the time it takes you in a rush to put on your makeup. Poetry is about being stuck in traffic because there's a pileup. It’s about realizing you should take your car in for a tuneup. Poetry is about the spring fresh air in the morning when you get up. It’s about enjoying a breakfast together with hotcakes and syrup. Poetry is about being at your local bank when there's a holdup. It’s about the police showing you all of these people in a lineup. Poetry is about family reunions when you don't want to show up. It’s about all of the gossips, you hear while sipping on your teacup. Poetry is about going to the doctor’s office to get a workup. It’s about finding yourself at the local gym, counting a pushup. Poetry is about all of these emotions that need to be let up. It’s about writing things down balancing your life to shape up. Edward J Ebbs - September 13, 2014 Written for a Contest, How Poetry Began