"To Me"Poetry to me
Is the View from eagle's eyes hovering, A 3rd party With foreign insight. Poetry to me Is the exact moment In the timespace continuum, When two strangers' glances Meet And everlasting love is manifested Between unsuspecting souls. But it's also that one second too late When that glance could have Taken place, But just missed... Poetry to me, Is mended dreams unseen. Soaking sun on warm benches While dawns dew still drips. It's the universe's drying tears Dripping From tips Of trees' veins. It's the fiery combustion Of organs pumping Funeral music As a sign of new life. It's the smash of a hammer, Twists of screws And sparks of saws That sprout bridges, Both tangible and those that link Unexplored imagined worlds As they were meant to be. Poetry to me Is watching 'hood kids breakdance on J trains, Right next to the Homeless, hungry and heartbroken And the inner battle Of who to give your dollar to. Or do I need a coffee? Poetry to me Is the impact of earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, Typhoons in Thailand And Civil War's Somalian refugees Running When they hit home, And coax crooked necks, Bent from burdens Of past pain. Poetry is the same Flicker of feeling That just passes by, Speeding out of focus Unnoticed. Poetry to me Is malintentions In your direction That should have stopped But couldn't see, But didn't realize The drops of blood that Sculpted your history. Did you ever feel your stomach drop In twisted knots When a certain comment Hits that spot Where personal guilt festers? This is poetry. The white shimmer Glimmering in an iris That conveys your mood, This is poetry. Poetry to me Is crowded city streets Filled with stories, Lined with remorse Like my notebook. Imagery cast from metaphors, Unlocked doors, Lured To scrutiny Like Perseus to Andromeda Poetry to me Is everywhere. 
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