An Ode to Poets

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It amazes me everyday
how you can take a word
and help it find its way

You weave it into the page
You see it breathe and grow
You watch it mature with age

Your heart leads you
on a journey like no other
Only your eyes can see it through

Oh, how you take a couple lines
and mix in some emotion
to create new and unknown rhymes

You move entire lives
                      forward and backwards
         to present gorgeous lines

Your eyes wonder the page
like looking out to an
audience from the stage

Your hand glides across
a smooth, rough surface
of this collection, you're the boss

One bad comment
against a thousand smiles
doesn't diminish the work of a convent

Write your dreams
forever
please

Make mistakes
Do a hundred retakes

Share with family, anxiously
Share with friends, hopefully
Share with strangers, excitedly

Never stop believing you can
Everyone awaits the arrival
of your untold plan

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