Pieces of You

Phenomenal Woman 

A Dream Deferred 

John Ballard of Spoon River

Too Much by Tyler Ford 

These poets have never known me 

And I will never know them 

But their words have touched my every thought 

And somehow I understand them 

I don't know them 

And they will never know me 

Be we are unified in an usual way 

These words that describe our shared human condition 

That I thought no one else would ever dare to say 

They've expressed the thoughts I've buried deep 

And for that I am so grateful 

For through them I have come to know myself 

And somehow know I'm normal

We will never know each other

And we may never meet

But hopefully you'll find pieces of you

By reading someone's poetry