Poetry's Lessons

Poetry has taught me the will to be strong

To be better than yesterday

Admit when I’m wrong

Poetry explains a collage of diverse feelings

Love indescribable

A reminiscence of life’s unjust dealings

Poetry offers the history of countries my feet have never stepped

Stories of immigrants and refugees

Insight into my own country’s borders in which I have slept

Poetry allowed me to understand the first breaking of my heart

To write my feelings down

Turn my pain into art

Poetry opens my eyes to new views

Listen to both sides

Discover the truths

Poetry reveals my emotions are not new

Thousands of others have felt them

The mindset of “I am all alone” is askew

Her most important lesson regards my existence:

Life cannot be lived without a little persistence