I have a confession
to make:
I hate poetry
it’s a struggle
to read
& write just the same
I am not moved
by most
of the poems I read
either there’s no soul,
spirit stripped
from each stanza
like a ghost
rattling Times New Roman chains,
or I just can’t relate
I had a normal childhood,
my parents raised me right
I was never beaten
or raped
or bullied
or put out on the street
so why bother?
why do my words
come out in broken
refrains
probably for the same reason
I wanted to be a journalist,
work for the newspaper
it defies logic
so if you’re reading this
right now
and you want to stop,
and your eyes are glazed over
and you wonder why
you clicked here in the first place,
I completely understand