A Rose and Her Thorns

"Like A Puzzle"

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Poetry is like a Puzzle

Each piece has a partner, just waiting to be found

To be clicked together, fit together, situated and bound

Every line is carefully strung

Not a word out of place

Finished like a puzzle, to perfect to be erased

But Poetry is not a Puzzle

In fact, it's far from it

Not all lines have a neighbor

Or the perfect phrase to fit

The Pieces of a Puzzle always have a match

Their entire purpose is being knit together and attached

But the Pieces of Poem do not always link

It takes countless tries of second guessing

To think and rethink

Sometimes it takes days to find the right rhyme

And sometimes there's simply nothing to find

There's no guarantee of a well thought out end

That, like a puzzle, snaps together

In a satisfying blend

It's likely to be frustrating and cause less good than trouble

But if your lucky, the ending result might fit together

Just like a Puzzle