Every poem I write

is a poem for my mother

though my mother is a poem

I will never be able to write.

I write for her

to keep her strong,

to encourage her,

to remind her that I love her,

forver and for always.

I write on accident.

No poems are ever planned.

I am like a bottle of ink,

suddenly upturned,

splattering all over the page.

I don't have to think,

or plan, or experimet.

The poem is just there,

right on the page,

without any difficulties.

Sometimes, I can't write.

Again, it is not a planned event.

Poetry happens when I feel,

when my emotions run high.

Most of the time,

poetry comes in the dead of night,

when I am trying to fall asleep,

and I have to get up

and jot down the words

before I lose them.

I write because it comes naturally.

I do not write to make money,

to get help or give help.

I write because I love it.

And though every poem I write

is a poem for my mother,

my mother is a poem

I will never be able to write