A Poet

A Poet

The poet in love can make ones heart overflow with youthful ecstasy, breathing passion into every sentence.

For the loving poet, there is nothing else.

The joyful poet will express the beauty that is hidden in front of our eyes.

For the poet of joy, fear is but an illusion.

The weary poet declares that life is unfair and no justice can be found.

For this tired poet, pity becomes a friend.

The poet in need will proclaim the lacks in the trivial and the insignificant.

For this blind poet, gratitude for the small, it knows not.

The poet of peace will word its views with a soothing calmness.

For this serene poet, death is no more.

The naïve poet cannot be surpassed in its truthfulness expressed in every written word.

For this innocent poet, ignorance is bliss.

The poet of hardship will lament the hopes and dreams of those youthful years.

For this shattered poet, loneliness is all too present.

The awakened poet’s words always seem to come as questions.

For these poets, the answers are the questions.

The poets of wisdom will inscribe with heavy sighs at what is observed and lived.

For these seasoned poets, regrets will bring their lessons.

The poets of the world bring more light to what is so, and to what may be.

For all poets, the depths of our souls, are revealed.

Lafleche