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Poets
January 8, 2015
God gave me a gift.
Yes
Its true.
But god gave me a burden.
Yes
That's just as true.
A gift to see the wonders
To see the words
A burden to see the horrors
the pain.
What most people don't realize
Is that poetry is a dangerous thing
It can be used as a tool
A weapon
It can touch your soul
like nothing else can
it can make you happy
Like nothing else can
or it can make you doubt
everything you've ever beleived in.
© James H., Philadelphia, PA
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What inspired me to write this piece was getting cancer when I was ten years old. I beleive the reason that I went through all of the suffering was to write poems about my experience that helped others. After I had cancer, words just came so easily at certain times. I usually don't like to go too deep into the meanings of my poems though, because I beleive poems are for other people to decide meanings for.
I truely do hope other poets and readers can apply this to their lives.