(I Need To Be) Poetry

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. ~William Wordsworth

I wanna die in the arms of life
and be reborn with the sun.
I wanna breathe light,
Feel light
And enlight it all.

I want to cure wounds -
with nothing but words.
I want to give for free
the script of my soul -
Then I'm whole.

I need to be poetry -
not only poetic.
I despise rhymes,
while I love rhymes -
Imitation is limitation
But coincidence
is such a dear shelter.

I take contradiction as a bless
While I anticipate the worst
Hoping for the best
I paint a beautiful oblivion,
a flawed miracle;
It's all inside my head.

I am the dawn and the dew -
Perfectly imperfect -
Oh, the shadow never rest.
I know sometimes silence tells
the best tales
Let me write though,
I won't say words
But let me be - words.

Let me react, let me object
Never an inbetweener,
just a painful dreamer
who tries to skip bad reality
like kids do their skipping
in the backyard.

I just want to heal - and be real
I'll leave behind the rough draft of me
Recreate - reinvent - rewrite
Finally - break free -
And finally - maybe - be
An infinite piece of
poetry.

Author's Note

"Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. ~William Wordsworth"

Reviews

[Angela]

Ahh. I think this is the best poem you have written Katrina. I love it." a flawed miracle. It's all inside my head" divine. My only though would be to replace the wort enlight either to enlighten if that is what you mean, or to illuminate or something without the word light in it because you have life, light, and light already in the same stanza and it detracts from the beauty of the meaning. Way to go!

[Shalini Dinesh]

I feel that a true poet is a person who can make the reader immerse into his/her poetry making them feel that its their feeling come into words alive, let your words heal and spread across the world, nice writing....

[Dahlia Phoenix]

That infinite piece of poetry you wrote is really exceptional. :)
Very comforting when read. I love the emotion that's put behind and how nothing holds you back from what you need to say.

[LovelySparrow]

Beautiful capture here. I've tried to explain to people just writing means to me and it never comes out right. But here, you've told the whole story. Beautiful words, and stunning imagery. Wonderful, one of my favorites so far. :)

[KAREN]

Excellent write! I can relate to this poem of yours. Good are bad, I hope some good, but just give me words to write, it's my passion!!!
100/100

[2Real2BTrue]

I can't even put into words how much I love this poem- "I want to cure wounds with nothing but words" is my favorite part.

[John Jackson (El Juero)]

I really enjoyed this. Full of truth and creativity.
Lovely write!

[fatalsymphonies]

Beautiful, absolutely beautiful. First stanza. And last. "An infinite piece of poetry" "I needt o be poetry, not only poetic. I despise rhymes, while i love rhymes." that confused me but I feel like I relate to it.

[Pollyanna]

Ahhhhh...the wishes of a writer!