See <br />deeply <br />into the <br />core of writers <br />so true to themselves <br />undaunted to make known <br />they bear their hearts openly <br />with bravery and hope for break <br />and willingly pen their darkest pains <br />pulling from the depth of madness within <br />knowing they make vulnerable their souls <br />to predators in search of swift feasts <br />made easy by open flesh wounds <br />bitter smell of truthfulness <br />a trusting writer’s curse <br />doesn’t have to be <br />but the writing <br />so defines <br />poets <br />see? <br /> <br />http: //allpoetry.com/poem/4571561<br /><br />Kim Schilling<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-poet-s-curse/