When you are a poet
you don't place yourself on a pedestal
don't spit venomous hate
think fellow writers are dismal.
When you are a poet
you don't feel a superiority
fellow writers you gleefully berate
make yourself perversely witty.
When you are a poet
your heart is a little more wide
you don't fume and fret
readers are not on your side.
If you are a poet
you know better than to be arrogantly vain
don't carry ego's sinful weight
but let your art pour through your pen.
May 15, 2015
May 15, 2015 at 4:08 AM UTC
When you are a poet
you don't place yourself on a pedestal
don't spit venomous hate
think fellow writers are dismal.
When you are a poet
you don't feel a superiority
fellow writers you gleefully berate
make yourself perversely witty.
When you are a poet
your heart is a little more wide
you don't fume and fret
readers are not on your side.
If you are a poet
you know better than to be arrogantly vain
don't carry ego's sinful weight
but let your art pour through your pen.
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