Poems about why I create
These poems are about writing and creating. Please enjoy.
WHY POETRY
Poetry is a portal into my soul, it makes me whole. Words paint a picture I could never draw or paint, And is done without restraint. Can be created anytime, anywhere in any chair. It is a new approach to an idea in a new arena. Handle my emotions differently and with more sympathy, maybe even with symmetry. Can reach out to others in infinite colors. My words take flight as birds, through the reader’s mind where they become entwined.
Art and Poetry as Therapy
Art and poetry help me. Doing my art lets me see. My poetry lets me be me, now instead of when. Art shows me the spiritual, and that can be lyrical. Poetry comes from a different place, and fills me with grace. Art produces the visible, and that is often whimsical. Poetry creates the auditory, and gets me out of my mental purgatory. Art and poetry are therapeutic, and provide me with a rubric. That leads to more self-made interventions, and results in new creations.
Finding My Poem
My Poem lays in Repose; Somewhere in my Heart and Mind. When I find It, Will it be ready to Awaken? Will it be full Formed, Or as an embryo still Developing? Will it reveal my Truth? Or will it seek to Deceive? Is it just for Me? Or for the whole World? What will it Say? Will it make Sense, Or will it speak in Tongues, in languages Unknown?
The colors I paint
What you will see, Different from what I saw And what I brushed out. Every viewer of the same piece of art Sees a different picture. Coming back after time To my art It is recreated anew at each seeing. That is why Mona Lisa’s smile Changes at every viewing.