Let a Poem Speak

Let a poem speak its thoughts;

Maybe it will stir you,

And maybe turn you upside down.

Perhaps it will spur you

 

On to see a new perspective--

To concur or disagree.

Let it help you to confirm

Or question what you see.

 

Let it take you to distant places

Or calmly walk you home.

Let it fall like a heavy weight

Or dissipate like foam.

 

Let it tickle, let it jolt,

Even though it may

Shake up your comfort zone.

Don't worry; that's okay.

 

For all the right and honest reasons,

Praise or criticize it;

Likewise, for right and honest reasons,

Like it or despise it.

 

A poem quietly lies in abeyance

Until it's being read.

The reader brings a poem to life--

Raises it from the dead.

 

(6-24-15)