Poems are cliché.

Admit it,
They are.

No matter how hard
You try
To write a poem that doesn't
Come off as lyrical,
Or flowery,
Or rhythmic
In style,
You will fail.

It's just in the nature
Of a poem.

Poems are little spurts
Of wild and crazy thoughts.
But
They are
Carefully measured,
And placed into meter,
And occasionally rhyme.

They are walking contradictions.

And so am I.
Because I hate
Poetry,
And here I sit
Writing
A poem.