I believe in poetry
I want to be on an island and be compelled to write it
to simply have to write what I feel and
what I see!
I want to be on an island where the sea is everything
our passage
our food
our soul
our inspiration
...and possibly our distruction
I want to chase seagulls along the beach it formed
splash in its shallows
feel it's cold against my skin
breath it in
feel it I my soul
...and then write
write poetry
write poetry because of it!
The sea is all around us
it is everything
it is who I am
it made us
there are words that haven't yet been put together in a poem
I have words in my soul that will fit together
I want to banish all and be a prisoner to it
on an island
on an island with the sea to hand
with a fire and warm clothes
with a stocked up larder
and to close the door on a world that doesn't understand
on an island surrounded by a sea that does
looking within myself
and staring into the jaws of my own death
that is the sea
to feel the wind and spray on my face
to write about what I feel
to express my soul on an island
to write poetry
and to explore
...and to share
All that I feel - in poetry
