TOYING WITH LIFE

Ya  see,  when  I was a YOUNGSTAR (youngster).   I honestly  wanted  

To be  SUPERMAN!   Seriously,  I didn't  pay much  attention  to  difference  in  skin  color  and  

 after all  he was  SUPERMAN.   WOW,    he  was  two People!   Clark Kent  and  SUPER MAN I wanted to be an imposter  too  (one was impersonating  the other). After. I grew older,   I was shocked by  the reality of  this  dirt filled world.  Yes,  mud  Pies Were  real  dirt Val.   Then I  shouldn't  have  to  eat a little bit to  PROVE  THAT  FACT  TO MYSELF.

 I  was suddenly the young adult  (and had to deal  with  young  adulthood) Which  is what  I saught

To  avoid.    I  learned in  my teen  age years that I had  developed  a  talent  for writing.   Eventually,   I pursued poetry  writing.   My family was

Mostly polite  when it came to  their  critiques.  "That's nice  Val",  I think  the 

Truth is they didn't  care for poetry  at all.   Years  passed and here I am,   saying that

I'm  just a bit  disappointed that my  relationship with POETRY  is  slightly  lopsided.  I

have  gained some  insight  concerning  poetry.   But still my poems have not  landed on  any

editor's  desk  resulting  from  my lack  of  effort  and  my  unwillingness to place my valuable  property in the  hands of  a very proficient " POETRY  PIRATE".   I would  soon recognise  my work  with someone  else's  SIGNATURE.    I'm choosing  NOT TO RELY  ON ANYONE'S  HONESTY.  I have saturated  Parts of the internet  with my poems.   I  look  forward to taking it  to other  spaces of these  PLACES.