The perhaps, the possibilities <br />the endless lines, which could have been <br />the re-write that never was <br />a self critic bemoans <br />the soul of the piece is natural <br />writ as it came to me <br />the excuse, the explanation <br />or a well worn rationalisation <br />there it stands for times testimony <br />a poem, a verse for all to see <br />the anxious wait to hear <br />the words of others exclaim <br />if it works extracts an effect <br />of some emotion or thought <br />no, not now it shall wait <br />for what is writ is there to be read <br />a poem fresh from my soul <br />through my head and pen <br />of which you have now just read<br /><br />Matthew Holloway<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/post-poetic-reflections/
