Everflowing Streams

Ars Poetica

I have stories to tell --

from my heart and my memory.

I have songs to sing --

in the language of Poetry.

With metaphor, metonymy, and metrical line;

with syllables, symbols, and syncopation;

with repetition, rhythm, and rhyme;

with accent, anaphora, and alliteration;

Poetry brings joys and fears to light.

In my eighth decade now, a life lived long,

I want transparency to be my way.

To tell my tales, to sing my songs;

to show my happy days and darker nights --

all my joys and fears from yesterday.

So, I tip my hat to Poetry, for all that it can do --

to help me face life honestly, and see it all anew.