Poetry About the Poet
I'm writing poetry about the One who changed my life... raw, honest, and very alive. I find myself using rhythm and metaphor to carry the weight of what I feel. It's like
I'm writing poetry
about the One who changed my life...
raw, honest, and very alive.
I find myself using rhythm and metaphor
to carry the weight of what I feel.
It's like trying to wrap lightning in cloth.
But that's what poetry is...
a kind of holy struggle...
trying to name something too big for words,
trying to echo the sound
that's made when God calls your name.
Poetry is the wrapping
around the inner poem...
a way to let others
feel the
R.
H.
Y.
T.
H.
M.
between the words.
I suppose I'm writing poetry
about The Poet that's writing me.
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