I've been told I'm a great writer
That I am talented
I've been told "never stop writing" and "Don't forget about me when you're famous"
I laughed at that last part
Me? Famous? I'll be lucky if anyone reads this.
I'm not ungrateful for the kind words
I just have a hard time believing them
I know the words I've written have been seen, read, cried over, even
I know how much power words have
I just have a hard time believing myself
A poem is never finished, even long after the poet has set down his pen
I believe that
I believe the voices in my head that tell me to go back and edit that one part in that one poem that I wrote ages ago
I guess I don't believe in leaving the past alone
I know that you'll forget about this poem within a matter of hours,
Days if it is good
I know that poetry brings feelings into your heart that will inevitably leave
Feelings that are, well
Temporary
I'm hesitant to believe certain things
But when I believe in something
I don't forget it
It's taken me quite some time
But I believe I am a poet
And to acknowledge my existence as a poet
Might have been the best feeling in the world
It wasn't temporary, either.