Do we as writers create emotional bridges
As writers, are we all but seducers of the minds of others
We silently kiss in friendship
As they read one of our poetic gifts?
(À lone voice whispers)
Do we as writers create emotional bridges
That needs to be crossed
Like visionaries like Robert Frost
For the readers to follow our trail of black fonts into the darkness
We sometimes visit, when developing new projects
About inspirational strengths or themes of spiritual weakness
Some may feel compelled to call us charlatans
New reborn Kings and Queens of somewhere totally cosmopolitan
Seducers of fragile minds
And hold us upright
As just sinners and bringers of emotional tragedies
Using poetry as liquid oxygen
But at the core
Our message can also simply be this
Do more
Live for any form of happiness and find and treasure a loving muse
Paint touching visceral pictures through stories
Using music or poetry as your lyre
And put them to good use
Never lament old age as it tries to freeze your youthful body
Once so beautiful and lithe
So in ending
In long days
When your weary heart seems heavy, and you lose hope and feel all emotions
Linked to love or compassion has suddenly died
Look towards tomorrow's new eyes and be lifted up in Dawn’s rose-flushed arms
And find a way to
Others and yourself to
Forgive
Even if you've cried
Then stand back and look into life’s deep mirrors and always remember
You have so much more
To still give
And embrace this thought denied to so many
Some slowly
Some suddenly
As you read this
You still have one of life's greatest gifts
Be proud
Because so much good can still happen
Because you still live
(C)
Copyright John Duffy
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