So you are at a party and are introduced as a poet. And everyone looks at you....



I'm a poet

Not a performer

So I depart this stage

And sit next to you

I will be close

Perhaps uncomfortably so

But in order for us to interact

You must be willing to think

Deeply

Possibly painfully

About life

Or about yourself

And your situation

However it may be

Because when we part

You will be affected

Not by incredible showmanship

But by a quiet moment

You will be alone

With words

And though they are mine

They will soon become yours

Because you and I are the same

And as I draw you near

We will become one

Not as lovers

But as human beings

Who understand each other

Living together

With a feeling

Because you have become a poet too

And now I learn from you

And watch as you perform your magic

And wish I could write as you do

But that was my intention all along

And I hope you remember me

As I depart your stage

To continue as I was

Before we met

