To be a poet is not to write poems
No,
Most anyone can do that
Most anyone has done that
For school,
Maybe
To be a poet is to see a tree
And not just see a tree
To see the hungry branches reaching to the sun
Trying to grasp something,
But never quite reaching it
Because to be a poet is to have words rushing through your blood
To need poetry like oxygen
To see a dandelion and think of a past love
So beautiful, taking up your being,
But then to blow away with all your hopes and dreams
Exactly like you did to me
To be a poet is to live in the in-betweens
Between real life and fantasies
To know the deepest truths
And believe the greatest lies
And I don't know if anyone can be a poet,
Or if it's just how you're born,
But I know that poetry is more than just the words
Because to be a poet is not only about poetry,
It's about the world that those poems let you see
Posted in response to the challenge Poetry Month.
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