My Poetry Never Ends
A poem is the solace you didn't find in things that are tangible. It's a chip on your shoulder that needs to trickle down word by word, phrase by phrase, until the care has turned to dust, eroded and carefree with the wind.
A poem is a catch in the throat, the heavy feeling you can't say out loud because you are scared of its enormity, you choose to verbalize it with sighs. It's a pointless debate - the poet argues with himself on paper, never really outwitting anyone, and so the pen wins.
A poem is a secret blatantly declared, loudly proclaimed, butchered and served up to anyone who wishes to read. It's the wistful nostalgia, the soundless cry of pain, the celebration that spreads out into tremors, strong enough to make the hands shake and the heart to split into two.
A poem is a longing, a wish, a heartache you wish to send out to the world. It's a single strand of hope that someday, the words will reach the right set of eyes, the right pair of ears, the right heartbeat who will respond with its own resonance that will match yours.
A poem is its person, gently offered with frail and bruised hands. The hands never know who will take it. The hands will never know if its offering will suffice and yet, the hands offer everything without hesitation - with a stubborn disregard for whether it is careful or safe.
A poem could be you or me. It could be us. It could be the way you suckle for air when you feel like drowning in despair. It could be the constricting of your heart, that gentle sting that's reminding you how happy you are. It could be the way we feel when we look at each other's eyes. It could be the silent gasp I made or the surprised pause it took you seconds to recover from when you finally said the words out loud. It could be the goodbye we don't want to hear. It could be our story. It could be the rest of our lives.
And the poetry will be endless. I'd finish a word and someone will write the next. The poem will never end. It will be the same, for it is always the same. Just spoken in different languages, kissed by several lips, written by a million hands, living and dying and being born again, through words.
