Friday, August 7, 2009

ON HOW A POEM IS WRITTEN

ON HOW A POEM IS WRITTEN

BURY A LOVE DEEP IN YOUR HEART
AWAY FROM THE VAGARIES OF THE MUNDANE WORLD.
SECRECY IS IMPORTANT, ALTHOUGH THE
LANGUAGE OF THE HEART IS ESOTERIC.
LET A THOUSAND NEEDLES PIERCE IT
IT MAY BLEED, THE PAIN AGONIZING.
CARE NOT, FOR THE RESULT IS WORTH IT
BEAR IT WITH A SMILE AS LONG AS YOU CAN
AND WHEN THE PAIN BEGINS TO CEASE
FONDLE IT WITH A BLOOM OF UTMOST BEAUTY AND FRAGRANCE.
IT’S THEN THE HEART BEGINS TO SING
SONGS THAT LIFTS YOU TO HEIGHTS ANON
MINGLED WITH THE BEAUTY FRAGRANCE AND PAIN
VERSES THAT LEAVES YOU SPEECHLESS.
BLESSED ARE THOSE THAT HEAR IT.
AND EVEN MORE, ARE THOSE THAT SING IT OUT TO THE WORLD!

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