1000  Poems

I shall write a thousand poems –

Some for the dawn of springs embrace

Some for the music of summers grace

Some for the dance of autumn leaf

Some for the release of winter’s grief.

I shall write a thousand poems –

Some for the love I never felt

Some for the blows that life has dealt

Some for the rising of distant hope

Some for the strength found to help me cope.

I shall write a thousand poems –

Some for songs written but never sung

Some for the ages beneath the sun

Some for the shadows upon the moon

Some for the life that ends too soon.

I shall write a thousand poems –

Some for me to leave behind

Some for that lonely soul I find

Some with words that are still unspoken

And some for the heart that is still unbroken.

If you were going to write a poem, what would you write about? Or is there a poem that someone else has written that speaks to you? or a song? or a story?  There is a saying that "a picture speaks a thousand words," but a poem can speak volumes in a few lines. There is a ton of emotion there. If you read the biographies of most of the most famous poets you will see that there is always deep angst or emotion or tragedy or even joy; something that has sparked a fire in the deepest part of the soul. For me, to write is to live. Even my journal entries, which will probably never be seen by another human eye, gives me a life line to something or Someone that is far beyond myself. For me specifically? Jesus Christ, the giver of life.