what gauge do you use to measure your poetry

i like it best when my mind it reflects

yet
so few of the poems true to me
are the ones that others find "like"-worthy

when i read the lines of others
etched into the wrinkles on their face

it speaks to me

because i have the same worries etched into my brow

when others read my words
perhaps
that which resonates with them is what draws them the most

thus
the best poetry is a reflection on others?

(it demands letting go of yourself)

There are people
Who can't hunt anything but rabbits because they are easiest to **** and collect their little rabbit feet because shattering a mirror makes you worse off than taking a life of the innocent for good luck

so
maybe i've spent all night cementing myself between words

i've never felt freer in my life

i am clay
i don't want to lie out in the sun too long
because im still figuring out what i want to be
im not ready
to
dry
out
yet