My Poetry Is Good!

My poetry is good, in fact, It's really, really good And I don't care how folks react If that's not understood... I aim to write with style and tact, Like other poets would, Sometimes with poems power-packed, I knew I always could! That's why I tried my very best And failed at first, no doubt, Yet wouldn't give up like the rest Who wouldn't sort things out... Instead, I struggled through each test, As that's what life's about, To write and get things off my chest, Not keep these in and pout... I vent my feelings now and then, From Heaven or from Hell And I've done that since way back when, So long that's hard to tell... But if I've paper and a pen, I'll cast another spell, I'll simply pause and start again And sometimes I do well... And yet, of course, not every time, Sometimes I know I fail, Perhaps there was a better rhyme, Or some more noble tale... I did my best when in my prime, Though now I'm old and frail, One truth remains, one truth sublime, I'm Denis Martindale! Denis Martindale March 2017.