What Makes a Poem

Words rhyming that was all I knew, But no it became so much more It's art that shows emotion vivid to the reader in ways like sound Ahh yes the sound never silent Beautiful horrific or strong Always a powerful message booming from the conch And I love how it makes me feel -- For I'd rather feel pain than nothing at all To feel is the strongest emotion For I can feel the words from a paper or the words from a song I can smell the love of a love letter like roses and sweet perfume or taste the grieving tears and copper blood stained smudges of a bleeding heart Lastly, they say seeing is believing well I can see it all I can see people and colors or spring and fall I can see their fears or dreams As if I am there in the writer's mind Poems are little quirky things you know Sometimes they rhyme and sometimes they don't But what makes a poem through and through Is that it tells a story to provoke emotion Or rather, you can't help but feel emotion Which must be the best part of all