An Ode to a Poet of Nature

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  L. B. Mek October 11th, 2021 06:47

  (thanks for sharing and inspiring my feeble reply, sorry again if you take offence to anything I have written)
  there's a reason Why, some choose
  to wrap their Poetry,
  in the hope of Nature
  or that pitifully scarce, sweetness of life..
  Yes, by all means
  we should all express our reality, as-is, Raw and defiantly Bold
  we should Never, project a reality that's foreign to our eyes
  But,
  I ask you, Why do you write?
  is it merely, to use your words
  as tightened fists
  and your blank canvas: as your punching bag?
  and if so, are you 'Punching - away'
  to learn how to Hurt, others
  like you've been hurt - or
  are you utilising
  a tool for self-expression
  to rid yourself
  of the frustration, hopelessness and hate: in your inherited circumstances and experience of life...?
  Write, what you like
  write, As you like
  Write, for Who you choose to,
  But,
  if all your words, merely amount
  to you perpetuating the same
  suffering, you yourself have experienced
  then I ask, where's the utility/purpose? to what end?
  why waste/invest so much of your precious, fleeting Time
  and not try, to get something back in-return?
  Why not instead, write your away
  to a different mindset/perspective
  gradually, syllable by syllable...
  find out, how
  in this cruel world
  Some, still choose
  despite their horrid experiences
  to write about the beauty, you yourself can't identify with?
  and if you fail, if that 'better' never reveals itself to you,
  do you miss-out on anything?
  Instead, is there a chance
  you can utilise your 'poetic eloquence' to gift someone
  a break,
  from their monotonous existence of all-things: despairingly drear?
  (that's why
  Some, choose to write about Nature
  not, Because they don't know suffering and Pain
  Not, because
  they don't see the crimes being committed in the world
  and Not, because
  they refuse to give Voice to the cruelty in people's, daily Reality.
  But,
  instead - they Choose
  to utilise their words,
  as a Beacon of hope for those looking
  to Change, their view of Life
  to Aspire, to a reality that's a little less Bleak
  to Inspire, Motivate
  and highlight the timeless-truth: that Who we are
  and Where we are
  in our lives,
  is never too late, to be swapped
  for the What, we want: out of life...)
  forgive my rude - lengthy rant,
  I just wanted to showcase my perspective
  on a specific point that you touch upon,
  the 'You' in my wording, is a generic one
  not specifically addressed to you directly,
  

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    A Country WordsmithOctober 12th, 2021 02:34

    Thanks Mek for your time and reply and no, you are not offending me at all but giving your invaluable feedback. Now as far as the poem is concerned, the things that i said are not absolute truths as there are none. So many different things inspire poetry. It can be emotions, experiences of all kinds and sometimes some type of emotions or factors can be stronger than others. For example, sometimes you are overpowered by fear or sometimes by love.
    So I wrote that poem a long time ago, when I might have swayed by the miseries of the world and might have wanted poetic community to be their voice by writing about them. I don't think that we should only write about crude realities but not about beauty and nature. i myself have written about them. So what I wrote is not permanent truth but a momentary state of thought and emotions that I was going through that time.
    Thanks

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    L. B. MekOctober 12th, 2021 03:07

    awesome!
    glad you're in a better place
    and I really meant it
    when I said the 'you' was generic
    in my feeble reply

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