What is poetry
Some may ask
And I would reply

It is the feeling
Of the rhythm
Of the words
Of a soul

It is the raw
Unspoken
Untold
Words
That
Scrape
That tear
Open
Another

It is the
Essence
Shared
In a silent
Space

Sometimes a story
Sometimes a moment
Sometimes a calling

It is words
On a page

Aligned
For a purpose

Designed
For the world to hear
For the author to know
Truth

Or what some think
It is