Let a Poem Speak

Let a poem speak its thoughts;

Maybe it will stir you,

And maybe turn you upside down.

Perhaps it will spur you

On to see a new perspective--

Be its disagree.

Or let it be a guide to help you

Question what you see.

Let it take you to distant places

Or calmly walk you home.

Let it fall like a heavy weight

Or dissipate like foam.

Let it tickle, let it jolt,

Even though it may

Rip you out of your comfort zone.

But, hey, that's okay.

For all the right and honest reasons,

Praise or criticize it;

And for right and honest reasons,

Like it or despise it.

A poem quietly lies in abeyance

Until it's being read.

The reader brings a poem to life--

Raises it from the dead.

(6-24-15) By Bob B