I've Read Poems

I've read some poems in my life that gave me comfort, gave me life, made me feel alright to be, myself, who I am - I've read a few more that gave my soul permission to be, what I think I was created to be - I've read a handful of poems that sparked my heart, moved my spirit, made me glad, to be alive - I've read many, many poems over the years ranging from childhood naivety into, and beyond, adult pessimism - I've read poems that lost me, found me, enchanted, and discomforted my mind… but, until I read my own, I never knew, truly, my soul's own deep Voice, speaking to and beyond me -