Poems don't pay the bills <br />So I have to work <br />As a lawyer <br /> <br />As a poet <br />I grapple with meaning <br />And hope to parse <br />The sunset into tomorrow <br /> <br />I look for joy <br />Amidst the darkness <br />And pray for greater truth <br /> <br />To lift its arms and hold me <br />And wish <br />That each day <br />Might find meaning in the moment. <br /> <br />And until poetry pays the bills <br />I'll nevertheless <br />Keep writing it <br />Because it matters.<br /><br />Denis Kucharski<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/poems-don-t-pay-the-bills/
