Poetry is rage incinerating 
the page instead of the soul

-gws

Poetry is redemption 
exhaulted

-gws

Poetry is the sword that
slayed the demon

-gws

Poetry is effervescent hope
birthed in an eruption of
joyous adjectives

-gws

Poetry is reminiscing about a
past painted in watercolors
and light

-gws

Poetry is the secret hidden 
in plain sight 

-gws

Poetry is love that
sits unrequited 

-gws

Poetry is trapping 
nightmares in amber 

-gws

Poetry is the doorway 
to conversations with ourselves 

-gws

Poetry is the freshly dug grave 
for what is difficult to bury

-gws