My Own

I may write because I can…

Because I am selfish and it pleases only me.

I write because it is easy and only my words and beliefs are needed.

I write because I am given the ability to do so.

Yet

I am a poet because I write for Beauty which will never be mine

I am a poet because I share my own mind

I am a poet because I yearn for the love within a thin slice of paper

I am a poet because I share the words of others and

The reason I write is because the world is more than what is spoken.