Wholehearted (An Ode to Poetry)

Poetry.

As an adolescent,

I was drawn in by your sweet benevolence.

Now & Laters and Pixie sticks could never compare

To the gentle kiss

You’d give me every night from listening to your lyrics.

Poetry, my dear.

You were truly my husband and never just a friend.

I never understood until one day you showed me

That friendship ultimately ends

Even if there are a couple things that needed mending.

You promised me we’d be in this together forever

Like Bonnie and Clyde

You promised me you’d sit through every cry

And that no matter what you’d always be by my side.

Poetry, what’s not to love about you?

You’re kind

You’re respectful

You always keep my mind going

And you’ve upgraded the way I think about life so I’m not too technical

I can rely on your message to touch me

Whether its acapella or in a song

I know that you love me

Because you know you’re right to tell me when I’m wrong.

Poetry.

Oh, my first love.

The one that all the boys were jealous of.

The one that all the girls wanted to hug

But you didn’t want them.

You chose me because you wanted me

To share your light to the world

Believe, my love, there will be a fluorescent glow

From this small girl.

I could go on and on about you, Poetry

It would take years to make them understand what you mean to me

So I will just tell you this:

If I was a door, I wouldn’t be able to function without Poetry

Because to my heart, he has the key.