Poetry is a shadow dancing on the wall

   making leaps and bounds

      to find something more

Poetry is a cry for help

   The images and thoughts

      splattered on the page

Poetry is when the pencil and paper connect

   gliding past each other

      with love and warmth

Poetry is a smile on one's face

   thats been miserable for two long

      and is looking for a way out

Poetry is a song

   meaning among meaning

      beautifully sang by the poet

Poetry is a truth not told

   hiding for too long

      bursting with an answer

Poetry is a cup of coffee 

   snuggled in slippers

      cozy in its sheets

Poetry is a story

   spilled on the pages

      yearing to tell you it all.