You think that pretty rhymes
All the time
About the birds and the bees
Or the flowers and the trees
Is what all makes poetry?
Well, you're wrong.
Poetry is a story.
Whether it's yours, or mine, or anyone's.
Whether it's free verse
Or structured to a syllable count or stanza count
I write to let my mind go wild.
Hell, you can hardly do that in the "real world"
So why not do it on paper?
Use as many colorful, insightful words
Or many emotions and passions no matter how absurd
It's all yours!
People can critique all they want but it's all yours.
Simply
Writing is all mine.
All mine.
Whether or not I do want to talk about
"The birds and the bees"
Or political, social policies
Or my family
Or WHATEVER feeling or reason
I have inside me.
Tell me I write well
Tell me I'm just young and pissed at the world
Tell me that I write poorly
Tell me I think too highly of the world
Simply...
I don't care what you tell me.
I love it regardless.
Why do you think I'm still writing?