Poetry

When I was a child,

I was taught poetry wasn't mild,

It was deep as the sea,

And it seemed truly unachievable for me.

I was taught poetry had to rhyme,

Every single line, every single time.

So poetry seemed out of my reach,

Like chasing a seagull down a beach,

Jumping ever so slightly away,

Or soaring into the sunny day.

So I never thrived for what I thought would,

No, Could

Never be.

I guess now I'm fixing the mistakes of past me.