MUTUAL RESPECT

with each attempt to create from a simple blank page
i hope to write something great, will settle for profound
parsing every word i use as a guide down through the age
to give it life, shape shift, twist, glean verb, from noun

to share the untold, reveal my truth,  unleash the unknown
and with each line i will write- to go there, get into, delve
showing that as a writer i have come along,  grown
reveal myself, show the world instead of hiding and shelve it

its has taken me years to overcome, claim i arrived and reflect
so to everyone who reads my words, the deepest of gratitude
for there is only the written word, and our shared respect to
do what we do, as we pursue all those still untapped multitudes

by Michael Perry