Don't define poetry.
I will not allow myself to be placed
within your confines
and narrow mind
for my own has no limits.

I am its queen
cultivating a kingdom of intellectual beauty
planting seeds of wisdom and knowledge
picturing gardens of thoughts and poems.

Don't define poetry.
Useless ramblings to you
May seem like noise
That you'd rather shut out
But my voice matters
And it shall manifest itself
In ways you can't imagine.

I live off my three am regrets
and my midnight sadness.

I live off breathing in six am air
and my hope for new years resolutions.

I live off writing out what hurts my chest
and smiling at the butterflies in my stomach.

Finally -
I live off poetry because
I don't know a better way to breathe.