Here I write about myself <br />and at times my personality is far too strong <br />my leadership wants to take control <br />wants to cut into conversations, <br />wants to teach people, <br />wants to get involved, <br />to make a better place out of the world <br />and all the time I am learning <br />how other poets brew their words <br /> <br />and maybe my spirit <br />is just too bold <br />and I am looking right through the enchantment <br />of beautiful ladies <br /> <br />and marsh right through <br />until I get my target <br />as if determination <br />locks her claws around me <br /> <br />and to one I stay true <br />as if I am a saint <br />and her soul is driving me deeper. <br /> <br />I know no fear <br />as war has changed <br />my humanity <br /> <br />and when I write poems, <br />I am myself, <br />at other times a spectator <br />who measures out time and space, <br />keeps book of the pain, <br />tear through rottenness <br />and illustrate beauty <br /> <br />and in vain I try <br />to walk in the steps <br />of the big word master, <br />as a true follower <br /> <br />but with my own talent <br />and the whole time <br />my feet comes down <br />like military boots in the right pace <br />but following a different march <br />as if I do not know <br />how to parade my poems <br /> <br /> l’Envoi <br />and here I write about myself, <br />about how my life is <br /> <br />and when I get home <br />I listen to the voices <br />of Dylan Thomas, <br />Douglas Livingstone <br />and every great poet <br />that I can lay my hands on, <br />see what are written in their works <br /> <br />before I grab a glowing hammer <br />and hit words into forms <br />as if I can melt <br />thunder and fire together <br />to words that stays crackling.<br /><br />Gert Strydom<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/here-i-write-about-myself/
