The beginning of a poet?
Its like trying to get to the beginning of man.
It started with Dr. Seuss
And colorful pictures and rhyme.
Continued with the reading of psalms.
And looking at King Arthur.
Trying to create short stories.
Until I realized I could do it in rhyme
And tell a story at the same time.
And use metaphor and alliteration.
Without having to draw it out.
I could put Arthur’s sword in the stone again.

It was also embedded in the soul of rap music.
I thought that I could spit like them.
And I kept writing until I woke up one day.
In a cold sweat to realize that I was not a rapper
But I could make something of these words
That was not rap
But was a special bond.
It picked up in school

When the teacher said, I have an assignment.
And I discovered a part of me
That I thought was buried
In my childhood
And to arrange them into beauty.
And then the beginning really soared in slam poetry.
Spoken word that was performance art.
Even though I did not win an award.
I discovered a talent
That was more than victory
It was realization.