A Poet and I Know it
"You're a poet and you didn't know it"
I guess that's how it always starts
I used to rhyme for fun inside my head
Tying my thoughts, prisoners, 'round my tongue
Wishing for song but living life unsung.
When I felt despair at all the souls unfed.
I might have been a poet.
But when I realize I'm writing a sonnet
Because I can and it flows well
When it's 1 am and I'm searching for a metaphor,
Abandoning the platitudes of common speech,
I know it.
When I find freedom
Along the chain link confines of form
And find joy in breaking through
With ideas sharp as wire cutters.
I know it.
When one's insanity becomes writing
Writing becomes one's sanity.