Poetry Saved Me

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  • nayachiro
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i want to express my gratitude for this community and all you have given me, your words, your time, yourselves. thanks

Poetry Saved Me

Poetry saved me

Or at least so it seems

Words and expressions

From some inner stream

That runs so deep inside of me

I touch all the places

That before were unseen

And wanting to find the stories to tell

Of the many voices that inward dwell

It’s bounty now, a life undreamed

Of feeling in touch

With all those  who breathe

And share this world

That I’ve come to love

Whether below or whither above

It’s all the same, just grist for the mill

Life goes forth and does what it will

But now my senses are tuned and refined

I feel the joy, the pain, the sublime

That comes with every passing day

I want to lean into instead of away

So now in this moment, fully alive

It’s poetry’s saved me, I finally arrived

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SavVySam commented on Poetry Saved Me

12-17-2009

You've penned the rich beauty and life of poetry throughout this lovely lyrical work. Very nice!

nayachiro

12/21/2009

Thanks for your kind words. I am so happy you enjoyed it. It makes the writing all that more worthwhile and fun.

Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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