when you call me a poet,
you call me your child,
you call me your friend.
you call me your mother,
your shelter,
your muse.
when you call me a poet,
you call me so many things
you'd never know;
that's where the magic lies.
when you call me a poet,
you don't just call me one,
you call me something
beyond this universe.
you call me infinite.
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"My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all." - John Lennon.
Lately, I realised how much of a commercial poet I had made myself into. I would write for people, I would write so that the lines were sounding perfectly poetic. I had stopped writing for myself...
But a few days ago, my sister came up to me with so much enthusiasm. She had written a poem for the first time in her life. And when I read it, it brought tears to my eyes. It was so raw that I could feel the heartbeat of the poem inside it. That's how I realised what I'd been missing these days.
When she wrote the poem, she didn't write it for people. She wrote it for herself and that, in itself, is everything that matters. So, I am gonna do the same. Write for myself. :') I hope you get to do it too.
Stay happy.