I Write Poetry

The Pretensions of a Poet Misunderstood

Avert your gaze
Smirk
Or praise
Your choice
My voice
You choose
I lose


Walk on perplexed
Frown
Or vex
My word
Unheard
Out of sight
I write


Ponder my pretensions
Denounce
Or give attention
My vision
Your derision
My call
Your toll


Seek connection
Reach
Or feel rejection
Just a feeling
A kind of healing
Written for me
Free. Free. Free.