Waiting To Become <br />Date: July 29,2010 <br /> <br />I have waited here, long indeed <br />...waiting to become a poet <br />I have stumbled over and fell upon <br />Words that free fall from my mind <br /> <br />I have inked many pages <br />And tap, tap, tapped to siphon rhetoric <br />From my own dark soul¦ <br />I have taken knife in hand <br />To carve blindly in the dark <br />Searching in vain for poetic verse <br />Or prose, or even song <br /> <br />I have twisted thoughts, <br />And drained memories <br />I have stolen from friend and foe <br />Pilfering letter by letter <br />Secrets, fantasies and unspeakable acts of debauchery <br /> <br />I dug a grave to lost love <br />Cut down trees of indifference <br />And swam the river of denial <br />I have traveled far and searched wide <br />Climbing the highest mountain of despair <br />Just to sprinkle moon dust over sleeping giants <br /> <br />I sliced my wrist and bled poison on the leaf <br />All for the chance <br />To run my fingers through the golden hair of success <br /> <br />I have killed and died, <br />At the altar of my own naivety <br />I have lied, been deceived, and have coveted the gifts of others <br />I have waited, long indeed <br />...waiting to become a poet <br /> <br /> <br />********************************************* <br />Copyright © 2010 Leria Hawkins, All Rights Reserved<br /><br />Leria Hawkins<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/waiting-to-become/
