Poetry Is Prayer

poetry is prayer it is a call to universe a call to a hidden muse a call for meaning poetry seeks metaphor for what life is from whence it came and of its destination the simplest poem is solemn like a child's question like a profound riddle poetry is an offering it is like the rose given to a lover to proclaim desire when hope has died the flame of poetry rekindles the fire that banishes the night like sacred books poetry is not divine but only seeks divinity only reaches upward poetry is not religion it is not philosophy poetry is like a painting it is a representation the images of a poem are reflections of dreams the dreams are reflections of what might be the poem does not explain it imagines it records a fantasy and shares a unique vision poetry is a finality it expresses final hope final despair final metaphors of existence the poem knows the contradictions before they are spoken before the dream is born poetry is written as an ultimate epitaph enduring beyond the grave an attempt at immortality