A Gift of Poetry

A poet enters a private sanctuary,

A sacred place where the imagination

Dwells with a mélange of emotions

Conceived by aesthetic beauty,

Often divine and esoteric in nature;

That comprehensive longing to

Express through the common language

That which is so vitally uncommon. 

Words that seek to form a bridge 

Between intellectual abstract thought

And the world of the inarticulate.

A way to express the depth of sorrow

While having it become a cathartic

Release, thereby relating to others

In commiseration and heartfelt empathy.

Poetry has the ability to help, to heal.

To reach souls enduring that same pain

Maybe blessed gift poetry genuinely

Offers in a non-intrusive manner, helping

Lonely souls know they are not alone.