Ars Poetica

I have stories to tell --
from my heart and my memory.

I have songs to sing --
in the language of Poetry.

With metaphor, metonymy, and metrical line;
with syllables, symbols, and syncopation;
with repetition, rhythm, and rhyme;
with accent, anaphora, and alliteration;

Poetry brings joys and fears to light.

In my eighth decade now, a life lived long,
I want transparency to be my way.
To tell my tales, to sing my songs;
to show my happy days and darker nights --
all my joys and fears from yesterday.

So, I tip my hat to Poetry, for all that it can do --
to help me face life honestly, and see it all anew.