What Would I Be Without the Thought "I Should Write a Poem?"

A compact capsule of feeling,
 an expression that connects,

a resonance, a field,
 a grateful, joyful, grieving
 

presence.

The suffering and the song.

The movement and the stillness.

The free verse, spare and full.
 

The flash of insight,
 the silver strand,
 the hidden pearl.

The line break,
 the white space,
 the characters clinging
 together as words
 whispering into the darkness.

A flicker of flame.

A knowing, a faith
 that I am the poem.

Photo by Valerie Blanchett