Nowhere does it say
a poem must rhyme,
it helps with rhythm
but there is no need.
as I stare at the page
they run through my head
unwilling, unwanted
washed up, and overused
tattered and bruised,
it cant be helped.

While most force rhymes
into their places
to make a poem work
"like its supposed to"
I can't help but see
that just produces drivel
that can't be called poetry.

My rhymes come unbidden
as if they were hidden
inside somewhere
only to come out
into the glare
of critics who doubt
the power of the rhyme,
a poetical crime.

The rhyme is a tool
to be used as seen fit
doesn't matter if it's cool
or the poet's a twit
sometimes it's weak
sometimes it slides
but give it a tweak
and feel how it rides.

Rhyme isn't a necessity
but it works
and helps me be a poet
and always will I know it