Today I thought about
Writing poetry

I thought about writing something
Ingenious
Clever
Some style
Never before seen or imagined

I thought about how to encompass
Feelings of sadness
Loss or guilt

How to make the reader
Feel something
Feel me
Connect with me

But then I realised
I could connect to the whole world
Have them all
Eating my words
Savouring each
Salivating mouthful
and I would still not feel them

I feel them through
Their poetry

I want them to feel me through
My poetry

And no matter how much I write
I will never
Feel them
Through my words

And so

I stopped writing