Should I Have Rather Been A Poem?

Should I have rather been a poem,

Whose language does flow so sweet

Or, whose words did touch a soul so deep?

Should I have rather been a poem,

Whose birth did make is writer cry,

Or, whose sorrow did make another sigh?

Should I have rather been a poem

Whose humor makes one laugh like a clown,

Or, whose anger turns a smile upside down?

Should I have rather been a poem,

Whose anguish brings tears to a readers eyes

Or, whose message held in it a hidden surprise?

Should I have rather been a poem,

Whose pain can make else's drift away,

Or whose journey seeks refuge in another day?

Should I have rather been a poem

Whose suggestive power forces a spirit to move,

Or, whose diction will heal and soothe?

Should I have rather been a poem-

A poem who has not one of these to call its own?

I shall not rather be a poem,

For its beauty, to me, would never be known.

 ©2000 Nancy M Roberts

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