Poetry is my sadness. It is my need to bleed
the ink of every emotion my heart drips. It is my comfort
when my sky gets dark and my world becomes
filled with heartache and pain;
it is the internal rain
that floods the inside of my mind
when life threatens to leave me behind and at times
it is my healing
when the aggression of anger
breaks me down and numbs the clarity
of my feeling.
Poetry is my laughter. It is the smiles I breathe
when I see the brightness in eyes and the joy
found in the gravity happiness. It is my translation
of beauty in every pleasure
that my passion finds to treasure. It is the whistle
of love when the kisses of connection
lifts me up and rises me above.
Poetry is my inspiration. It is the description of my soul
that challenges me to release–
and make myself whole. It is the critique my vision
which gives value to everything around me;
it gives me the guidance I need
to explore/and furthermore…
it is the written language
of simply being.
I write for poetry.
© 2012
Tarringo T. Vaughan
