It was at that age

that poetry arrived

in search of me

 

that age when

confusion reigned

and I was lost

along the way

 

poetry arrived

but could not

come inside

I was too frightened

to answer

 

then She

came along

and all the restlessness

was quietened

 

with her

I finally found my purpose

and my poetry

 

and with these

found myself as well.

 

*For the cartoon man in the upper right hand corner of the Write Out Loud page.