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My Poem “The Switch”
When I first began writing poetry it was like a light had been switch on... when I first began writing poetry it was at the same time that I fell in love... when I first began writing poetry it was like walking outdoors and feeling the touch of the sun... when I first began writing poetry it was like I already knew that I was a poet for life and not just for the moment. Some things you think you know for sure and forever - but then they change... some people you think you know as well as you know your own face - but then they take a hard left down an unexpected alley... some things look perfect with the right lighting - but their flaws become apparent when seen in the light of day... some people look idealistic from far away - but up-close everybody's cracks are exposed like the shadows of monuments in a valley. I didn't know what was inside of me until I found the right person with the right key to unlock the door of my library of internal poetry... I didn't know what would happen after I started walking down this road that I have been on now for years - but I knew that would never be truly alone and that there would always be something and someone with me... I didn't know what it meant to have been found until I felt my eyes, my mind, my heart, my ears, my soul open wide and never want to miss a thing about anything and everything ever again... I didn't know what lay beyond the horizon, in outer space, or in the dark, until I saw that there is always a way and a gift for me to turn to and to turn on whenever I want to like a switch.
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My Poem “The Romantic”
I have always been a romantic... I have always loved caring for someone and showing them affection... I have always understood the power and the depth of the words of poetry even before I knew that I too had a heart and soul that was poetic... I have always felt blessed whenever I have been somewhere with someone who I could look at all day with spellbinding fascination. I have always been able to look at people and see what was inside of them... I have always been able to hear the call of someone's internal voice loud and clear... I have always been able to see things and situations through a multi-layered, multi-textured and multi-coloured lens... I have always been able to sit silently and hear only the sound of my own heart beating in my chest and not once feel any kind of fear. I have always been someone who could wax lyrical about what a single red rose can teach us about people and about ourselves... I have always been someone who appreciates the power and the importance of ceremony, traditions, keeping things as they are for as long as they can, because I am innately nostalgic... I have always been someone who knew that doing what you love with whom you love is always going to be good for your health... I have always been someone who loves meeting new people, finding out who they are and what their hidden story is - because I have always believed that there is a power of the universe that can only be known and wielded by those who are openly romantic.
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