Being a Poet

Being a poet 

I think to be a poet means

To be one to bleed out 

On lined paper 

And express the hurt 

you must feel.

That not everyone is going to

Understand the 

“language” we speak 

To communicate. 

That sometimes the words we write 

Hit like a truck we didn’t see 

Coming.

To conquer the fear 

Of not being 

Understood 

By others 

That writing our feelings 

Is like exhaling a

Big breath 

We’ve been holding in

For 

way

too long.