THE POEM TIRED OF BEING WRITTEN OF ITSELF <br /> <br /> <br />The poem tired of being written of itself <br />It wanted other worlds and more distant beauty <br />It wanted the inspiration that ordinary life gives <br />It wanted too a language beyond what simple words could mean <br />But the poem could not be more than it was <br />It fell back upon itself <br />It was lost in its own lonely being <br />The poem stayed forever a poem about itself <br />And when no one read it <br />The poem had only itself to blame.<br /><br />Shalom Freedman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-poem-tired-of-being-written-of-itself/
