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Monday, April 20, 2015

when you are a poet

when you are a poet
you spend three days and nights
in the dark tomb of your soul,
and every word you write
is a kind of resurrection.

when you are a poet
you wander the desert at night
looking for signs.

when you are a poet
your life is mapped out in words
written on the palms of your hands.

when you are a poet
you listen for the sound of waves on the shore,
knowing you are an ocean
with no place to go.

when you are a poet,
you write,
because you don't know how not to write,

when you are a poet,
you are forever coming to the end of things
you are forever beginning again.

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